python check if string contains special characters code example

Example 1: python - count values that contain special characters

special = '[(_:/,#%\=@)]'                    # Define special characters
df['count'] = df['myvar'].str.count(special) # Count them

Example 2: python check if string contains one of characters list

if any(ext in url_string for ext in extensionsToCheck):
    print(url_string)