PYTHON

pandas multiple string contains

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>>> df = pd.Series(['cat','hat','dog','fog','pet'])
>>> searchfor = ['og', 'at']
>>> df[df.str.contains('|'.join(searchfor))]

0    cat
1    hat
2    dog
3    fog
dtype: object

python contains multiple strings pandas

string_list = pd.Series(['dog', 'doggy', 'doggo', 'canine', 'kitten', 'cat', 'kitty', 'feline' ])
matches = 'dog|kit' # you can have multiple validations in one string with the | operator
print(string_list[ string_list.str.contains(matches)])
#0       dog
#1     doggy
#2     doggo
#4    kitten
#6     kitty