rlike

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

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see rlike operator.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.rlike(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.

Examples

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

+---------+------+-----------------+
|      str|regexp|RLIKE(str, (\d+))|
+---------+------+-----------------+
|1a 2b 14m| (\d+)|             true|
+---------+------+-----------------+