cudf.core.column.string.StringMethods.replace_with_backrefs#
- StringMethods.replace_with_backrefs(pat: str, repl: str) SeriesOrIndex [source]#
Use the
repl
back-ref template to create a new string with the extracted elements found using thepat
expression.- Parameters:
- patstr or compiled regex
Regex with groupings to identify extract sections. This should not be a compiled regex.
- replstr
String template containing back-reference indicators.
- Returns:
- Series/Index of str dtype
Examples
>>> import cudf >>> s = cudf.Series(["A543","Z756"]) >>> s.str.replace_with_backrefs('(\\d)(\\d)', 'V\\2\\1') 0 AV453 1 ZV576 dtype: object