pandas filter regex code example

Example 1: how to apply regex to pandas column

import re
#a string
str = '{63_:_foo},,bar,_mango_,apple'
#split string into chunks
chunks = re.split('[{_}:,][_,]',str)
#print chunks
print(chunks)

Example 2: pandas filter

df[(df['year'] > 2012) & (df['reports'] < 30)]

Example 3: pandas filter

#To select rows whose column value is in list 
years = [1952, 2007]
gapminder.year.isin(years)