python startswith() doesnt work on function

Question

Im making a search function in python where it looks inside the CSV file and returns the similar data being searched. I am not using a CSV file and I cant seem to make the startswith work with it.

Here's my code:

def search(i):
    data = []
    name = i.capitalize()

    with open('data.csv', 'r') as file:
        reader = csv.reader(file)
        for row in reader:
            data.append(row)

    fname = [x[0] for x in data]
    
    if name in fname:
        for i in range(0, len(data)):
            if data[i][0] == name or data[i][0].startswith(name):
                return(data[i])

Sample Data(CSV)

Name1,Male,3321,[email protected]
Name2,Male,1231,[email protected]
Name3,Female,3421,[email protected]

Whenever i search the full name of the person, it displays a result but not when im only searching for the first characters of the name, it doesnt work. Any help is appreciated!

Edit: What im passing through the search function is the keyword typed inside the search box

Answer 1

In data[i][0].startswith(name) I think it should be name.startswith(data[i][0])