pandas.api.types.is_re_compilable

pandas.api.types.is_re_compilable(obj)

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

Parameters:

objThe object to check

The object to check if the object can be compiled into a regex pattern instance.

Returns:

bool

Whether obj can be compiled as a regex pattern.

See also

api.types.is_re

Check if the object is a regex pattern instance.

Examples

>>> from pandas.api.types import is_re_compilable
>>> is_re_compilable(".*")
True
>>> is_re_compilable(1)
False