>>> from phone import prefix >>> v1 = ['934780245', '012', '618776611', '972399700', '11811', ... '972399700', '012', '938765454', '012', '11811', '012', '11811'] >>> with open ('calls.txt', 'w') as f: ... for e in v1: ... a = f.write (e + '\n') >>> prefix('calls.txt', 'result1.txt', '93') >>> with open ('result1.txt', 'r') as f: ... a1 = f.read() >>> a1 '934780245\n938765454\n' >>> prefix('calls.txt', 'result2.txt', '972') >>> with open ('result2.txt', 'r') as f: ... a2 = f.read() >>> a2 '972399700\n972399700\n'