vDataFrame[].str_contains

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vDataFrame[].str_contains(pat: str)

Verifies if the regular expression is in each of the vcolumn records. The vcolumn will be transformed.

Parameters

Name Type Optional Description
pat
str
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 regular expression.

Returns

vDataFrame : self.parent

Example

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from verticapy.datasets import load_titanic
titanic = load_titanic()
display(titanic["name"])
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titanic["name"].str_contains(pat = " ([A-Za-z])+\.")
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Out[79]:
Rows: 1-100 of 1234 | Column: name | Type: boolean

See Also

vDataFrame[].str_count Computes the regular expression count match in each record of the vcolumn.
vDataFrame[].str_extract Extracts the regular expression in each record of the vcolumn.
vDataFrame[].str_replace Replaces the regular expression matches in each of the vcolumn record by an input value.
vDataFrame[].str_slice Slices the vcolumn.