I’ve done some searching and can’t figure out how to filter a dataframe by
df[“col”].str.contains(word)
however I’m wondering if there is a way to do the reverse: filter a dataframe by that set’s compliment. eg: to the effect of
!(df[“col”].str.contains(word))
Can this be done through a DataFrame method?
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If I’ve got an array of strings, can I check to see if a string is in the array without doing a for loop? Specifically, I’m looking for a way to do it within an if statement, so something like this:
if [check that item is in array]:
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How do I check if a list xs contains an item?
if xs.contains(item):
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I’m looking for a string.contains or string.indexof method in Python.
I want to do:
if not somestring.contains(“blah”):
continue