title: Wildcard in dictionary key
body: <p>Suppose I have a dictionary:</p>
  
  <pre><code>rank_dict = {'V*': 1, 'A*': 2, 'V': 3,'A': 4}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As you can see, I have added a * to the end of one V. Whereas a 3 may be the value for just V, I want another key for V1, V2, V2234432, etc...I want to check it against:</p>
  
  <pre><code>checker = 'V30'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and get the value. what is the correct syntax for this?</p>
  
  <pre><code>for k, v in rank_dict.items():
      if checker == k:
          print(v)
  </code></pre>