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:

bool

Whether obj can be compiled as a regex pattern.

Examples

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