pandas.api.types.is_re()

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:	is_regex : bool Whether obj is a regex pattern.

Examples

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