pandas.api.types.is_re

pandas.api.types.is_re(obj) → bool

Check if the object is a regex pattern instance.

Parameters

objThe object to check

Returns

is_regexbool

Whether obj is a regex pattern.

Examples

>>> is_re(re.compile(".*"))
True
>>> is_re("foo")
False

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