isnum python code example

Example 1: is number python

var.isdigit()
#return true if all the chars in the string are numbers
#return false if not all the chars in the string are numbers

Example 2: isnumeric python

str.isnumeric()
str = u"this2009";  
print str.isnumeric()
> False
str = u"23443434";
print str.isnumeric()
> True

Example 3: isnotin python

import pandas as pd

>>> df
  country
0        US
1        UK
2   Germany
3     China
>>> countries_to_keep
['UK', 'China']
>>> df.country.isin(countries_to_keep)
0    False
1     True
2    False
3     True
Name: country, dtype: bool
>>> df[df.country.isin(countries_to_keep)]
  country
1        UK
3     China
>>> df[~df.country.isin(countries_to_keep)]
  country
0        US
2   Germany