tabsdata.tableframe.expr.string.ExprStringNameSpace.contains_any

ExprStringNameSpace.contains_any(patterns: td_expr.IntoExpr, *, ascii_case_insensitive: bool = False) → td_expr.Expr

Evaluate if the string contains any of the given patterns.

Parameters:

• patterns – The patterns to search for.

• ascii_case_insensitive – If true, the search is case-insensitive.

Example:

>>> import tabsdata as td
>>>
>>> tf: td.TableFrame ...
>>>
>>> tf.select(td.col("a"), td.col("a")
      .str.contains_any(["a", "b"]).alias("contains_any"))
>>>
┌──────┬──────────────┐
│ a    ┆ contains_any │
│ ---  ┆ ---          │
│ str  ┆ bool         │
╞══════╪══════════════╡
│ abc  ┆ true         │
│ axy  ┆ true         │
│ xyb  ┆ true         │
│ xyz  ┆ false        │
│ null ┆ null         │
└──────┴──────────────┘