regexp

Returns true if str matches the Java regex regexp, or false otherwise.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see regexp operator.

Syntax

Python

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.regexp(str=<str>, regexp=<regexp>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
str	pyspark.sql.Column or str	Target column to work on.
regexp	pyspark.sql.Column or str	Regex pattern to apply.

Parameter	Type	Description
str	pyspark.sql.Column or str	Target column to work on.
regexp	pyspark.sql.Column or str	Regex pattern to apply.

Examples

Python

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
spark.createDataFrame(
    [("1a 2b 14m", r"(\d+)")], ["str", "regexp"]
).select(dbf.regexp('str', dbf.lit(r'(\d+)'))).show()

Output

+------------------+
|REGEXP(str, (\d+))|
+------------------+
|              true|
+------------------+