pandas replace string values in column code example

Example 1: find and replace string dataframe

df['range'] = df['range'].str.replace(',','-')

Example 2: replace values of pandas column

df.loc[df['column'] == 'column_value', 'column'] = 'new_column_value'

Example 3: pandas replace word begins with contains

df['sport'] = df.sport.str.replace(r'(^.*ball.*$)', 'ball sport')
df

Example 4: pandas replace word begins with contains

df.sport = df.sport.apply(lambda x: 'ball sport' if 'ball' in x else x)