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

Returns

is_regex_compilablebool

Whether obj can be compiled as a regex pattern.

Examples

>>> is_re_compilable(".*")
True
>>> is_re_compilable(1)
False