how to filter phyton code example

Example: python - filter function

# Filter function
def with_s(student):
    return student.startswith('s')

students = ['sarah', 'mary', 'sergio', 'lucy']   # define a list
s_filter = filter(with_s, students)              # filter() returns true or false
print(next(s_filter))                            # filter() returns a generator
print(list(s_filter))                            # give all elements of the generator