Python | Check if given string can be formed by concatenating string elements of list

Given a string ‘str’ and a list of string elements, write a Python program to check whether given string can be formed by concatenating the string elements of list or not.

Examples:

Input : str = 'python'
        lst = ['co', 'de', 'py', 'ks', 'on']
Output : False

Input : str = 'geeks'
        lst = ['for', 'ge', 'abc', 'ks', 'e', 'xyz']
Output : True

Approach #1 : Using itertools.permuations

We can use all the permutations of the given list and then perform join operation on them. If any join result is equal to the given string, return true, otherwise false.

# Python3 program to Check if given string can  
# be formed by concatenating string elements  
# of list 
from itertools import permutations 
  
def checkList(str, lst): 
    for i in range(2, len(lst)+1): 
        for perm in permutations(lst, i): 
            if ''.join(perm)== str: 
                return True
                  
    return False
      
# Driver code 
str = 'geeks'
lst = ['for', 'ge', 'abc', 'ks', 'e', 'xyz'] 
print(checkList(str, lst))

Output:

True

Approach #2 : Python RegEx

# Python3 program to Check if given string can  
# be formed by concatenating string elements  
# of list 
import re  
  
def checkList(str, lst): 
  
    r = re.compile("(?:" + "|".join(lst) + ")*$") 
    if r.match(str) != None: 
        return True
          
    return False
      
# Driver code 
str = 'geeks'
lst = ['for', 'ge', 'abc', 'ks', 'e'] 
print(checkList(str, lst)) 

Output:

True

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