标准方法可能使用正则表达式,例如:

import re

structure_string = r"bob\|.*\|abc\|manual$"
test_structure = re.compile(structure_string)
incoming = [
    "bob|0|abc|manual",
    "bob|1|abc|manual",
    "bob|1|abc|manualX",
    "Xbob|1|abc|manual",
    "anne|1|abc|manual"
]

for incoming_string in incoming:
    print(incoming_string, test_structure.match(incoming_string))

assert test_structure.match(incoming[0]), "Not matching: %s ~ %s" % (structure_string, incoming_string)
assert test_structure.match(incoming[-1]), "Not matching: %s ~ %s" % (structure_string, incoming_string)

bob|0|abc|manual <re.Match object; span=(0, 16), match='bob|0|abc|manual'>
bob|1|abc|manual <re.Match object; span=(0, 16), match='bob|1|abc|manual'>
bob|1|abc|manualX None
Xbob|1|abc|manual None
anne|1|abc|manual None
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AssertionError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
[...]
---> 17 assert test_structure.match(incoming[-1]), "Not matching: %s ~ %s" % (structure_string, incoming_string)

AssertionError: Not matching: bob\|.*\|abc\|manual$ ~ anne|1|abc|manual

官方文件: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#

很好的在线正则表达式工具: https://regex101.com/