change string value if it contains substring pandas code example
Example 1: pandas replace word begins with contains
In [71]:
df.loc[df['sport'].str.contains('ball'), 'sport'] = 'ball sport'
df
Out[71]:
name sport
0 Bob tennis
1 Jane ball sport
2 Alice ball sport
Example 2: pandas replace word begins with contains
df.sport = df.sport.apply(lambda x: 'ball sport' if 'ball' in x else x)