regexp

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

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see regexp operator.

Syntax

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.

Examples

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()

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