str.rfind() Pandas str.rfind() is used to find a substring in each string, presented in the series on the right side. If a string is found, it returns the highest index of its occurrence. If no string is found, it will return -1.
Start and end points can also be passed to search for a specific portion of the string for a passed character or substring.
Syntax : Series.str.rfind (sub, start = 0, end = None)
Parameters:
sub: String or character to be searched in the text value in series
start: int value, start point of searching. Default is 0 which means from the beginning of string
end: int value, end point where the search needs to be stopped. Default is None.Return type: Series with Highest index position of substring occurrence
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In the following examples, the data frame used contains data for some NBA players. An image of the data frame before any operations is attached below.
Example # 1: Single character search
This example searches for one character & # 39; r & # 39; on the right side in each row of the Name column using the str.rfind () method. The start and end parameters are saved by default. The returned row is stored in a new column, so you can compare the indices by looking at them directly. Before using this method, null lines are removed with .dropna () to avoid errors.
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Output:
As shown in the output image, the occurrence of the index in the Indexes column is equal to the position of the last occurrence of a character in the string. If the substring does not exist in the text, -1 is returned.
Example # 2: Search for a substring (more than one character)
In this example, the substring & # 39; ey & # 39; will be found in the Data Frame Name column. The start parameter is stored at 2 to start the search at the 3rd element (index position 2).
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Output:
As shown in the output image, the highest or last index of occurrence of the substring is returned.
