[Solved] Merging elements in a list until certain text appears


Here’s a very basic solution:

list = ['BHX', 'AR', 'DEFab', 'ABR', 'DEFyr', 'HYt', 'wqw', 'DEF-a']
merged_list = []
current=""

for s in list:
    if s.startswith('DEF'):
        merged_list.append(current + ' ' + s)
        current=""
    else:
        current += s 

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solved Merging elements in a list until certain text appears