When i serach 'tel' in selectbox, it gives me all the options containing 't','e','l' regardless of the positions of these 3 letters. What I am looking is to get 'tel' (all three letters together).

Using Streamlit
1

When I search for “tel” in a st.selectbox, it returns all options that contain the letters t, e, and l anywhere in the string, regardless of their order or position.

What I actually want is for the search to match the substring “tel” exactly (the letters together, in sequence).

Is there a way to achieve this without adding an extra st.text_input for filtering?

Thanks in advance !