class AnyType(str): """A special class that is always equal in not equal comparisons. Credit to pythongosssss""" def __ne__(self, __value: object) -> bool: return False any_type = AnyType("*") class ByPassTypeTuple(tuple): """A special class that will return additional "AnyType" strings beyond defined values. Credit to Trung0246 """ def __getitem__(self, index): if index > len(self) - 1: return AnyType("*") return super().__getitem__(index)