cudf.core.column.string.StringMethods.slice

StringMethods.slice(start: int | None = None, stop: int | None = None, step: int | None = None) → SeriesOrIndex

Slice substrings from each element in the Series or Index.

Parameters:

startint, optional

Start position for slice operation.

stopint, optional

Stop position for slice operation.

stepint, optional

Step size for slice operation.

Returns:

Series/Index of str dtype

Series or Index from sliced substring from original string object.

See also

slice_replace

Replace a slice with a string.

get

Return element at position. Equivalent to Series.str.slice(start=i, stop=i+1) with i being the position.

Examples

>>> import cudf
>>> s = cudf.Series(["koala", "fox", "chameleon"])
>>> s
0        koala
1          fox
2    chameleon
dtype: object
>>> s.str.slice(start=1)
0        oala
1          ox
2    hameleon
dtype: object
>>> s.str.slice(start=-1)
0    a
1    x
2    n
dtype: object
>>> s.str.slice(stop=2)
0    ko
1    fo
2    ch
dtype: object
>>> s.str.slice(step=2)
0      kaa
1       fx
2    caeen
dtype: object
>>> s.str.slice(start=0, stop=5, step=3)
0    kl
1     f
2    cm
dtype: object