pandas.api.types.is_re_compilable

pandas.api.types.is_re_compilable(obj) [source]

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

Parameters:
obj : The object to check.
Returns:

is_regex_compilable : bool

Whether obj can be compiled as a regex pattern.

Examples

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

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