Composing regex from a list

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From	TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no>
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Subject	Composing regex from a list
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Hello,
Is it possible to compile a regex by supplying a list?

lst= ['good', 'brilliant'. 'solid']

re.compile(r'^'(any_of_lst))

without to go into a *for* cicle?

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Composing regex from a list TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-06-16 20:48 +0800
  Re: Composing regex from a list Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-16 13:09 +0000
    Re: Composing regex from a list TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-06-17 19:45 +0800
  Re: Composing regex from a list Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2011-06-16 15:25 +0200

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