regexp_instr

Returns the position of the first substring in the str that match the Java regex regexp and corresponding to the regex group index.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see regexp_instr function.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

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

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.
idx	pyspark.sql.Column or int, optional	matched group id.

Examples

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

df.select('*', dbf.regexp_instr('str', dbf.lit(r'\d+(a|b|m)'))).show()
df.select('*', dbf.regexp_instr('str', dbf.lit(r'\d+(a|b|m)'), dbf.lit(1))).show()
df.select('*', dbf.regexp_instr('str', dbf.col("regexp"))).show()
df.select('*', dbf.regexp_instr(dbf.col("str"), "regexp")).show()