pandas.api.types.is_re

pandas.api.types.is_re(obj)

Check if the object is a regex pattern instance.

Parameters:

objobject

The object to check for being a regex pattern. Typically, this would be an object that you expect to be a compiled pattern from the re module.

Returns:

bool

Whether obj is a regex pattern.

See also

api.types.is_float

Return True if given object is float.

api.types.is_iterator

Check if the object is an iterator.

api.types.is_integer

Return True if given object is integer.

api.types.is_re_compilable

Check if the object can be compiled into a regex pattern instance.

Examples

>>> from pandas.api.types import is_re
>>> import re
>>> is_re(re.compile(".*"))
True
>>> is_re("foo")
False