Extract string/characters before a number using regex

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I would like to extract everything that comes before a number using regex.

The dataframe below shows an example of what I want to do.

I want to extract everything that comes before the first number in the product_name column. The output column is what I want to get.

Thank you in advance!

product_name = ['Cashew Alm Classic 6/200g', 'Cashew Buttery Sprd 8/227g', 'Chives&Garlic 6/98g']
output = ['Cashew Alm Classic', 'Cashew Butter Sprd', 'Chives&Garlic']

data = pd.DataFrame(list(zip(product_name, output)), columns=['product_name', 'output'])

data

Asked By: Alejandro L

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Answer 1


df['output2']=df['product_name'].str.extract(r'(.*?)s(?=d)')
df

#(.*?) : non-greedy capture everything
# s: prior to space
# (?=d) prior to a digit - positive lookahead

    product_name                output              output2
0   Cashew Alm Classic 6/200g   Cashew Alm Classic  Cashew Alm Classic
1   Cashew Buttery Sprd 8/227g  Cashew Butter Sprd  Cashew Buttery Sprd
2   Chives&Garlic 6/98g         Chives&Garlic       Chives&Garlic

Answered By: Naveed

Answer 2

Try:

data["output_new"] = data["product_name"].str.extract(r"^(D+)s+")
print(data)

Prints:

                 product_name              output           output_new
0   Cashew Alm Classic 6/200g  Cashew Alm Classic   Cashew Alm Classic
1  Cashew Buttery Sprd 8/227g  Cashew Butter Sprd  Cashew Buttery Sprd
2         Chives&Garlic 6/98g       Chives&Garlic        Chives&Garlic

Answered By: Andrej Kesely

Answer 3

I might use an str.replace approach here:

df["output"] = df["product_name"].str.replace(r's+d+/d+w*g$', '', regex=True)

This has a slight advantage over using str.extract in that it doesn’t require us assuming what content we want to keep. Rather it just specifies to remove any possible units term appearing at the end of the product name.

Here is a regex demo showing that the replacement logic is working.

Answered By: Tim Biegeleisen

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