pandas.api.types.is_re

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

Check if the object is a regex pattern instance.

Parameters:

obj:The object to check

Returns:

bool

Whether obj is a regex pattern.

Examples

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