Validating Email format in a column using Regex in Pandas

Last update on December 21 2024 07:41:45 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Pandas: Data Validation Exercise-13 with Solution

Write a Pandas program that validates the format of email addresses.

Following exercise validate the format of email addresses in a column using a regular expression.

Sample Solution :

Code :

import pandas as pd
# Create a sample DataFrame with email addresses
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'Email': ['test@example.com', 'invalid-email', 'user@domain.com']
})

# Validate email format using a regular expression
valid_emails = df['Email'].str.contains(r'^[\w\.-]+@[\w\.-]+\.\w+$')

# Output the result
print(valid_emails)

Output:

0     True
1    False
2     True
Name: Email, dtype: bool

Explanation:

• Created a DataFrame with email addresses.
• Used str.contains() with a regex pattern to validate the format of the email addresses.
• Outputted a Boolean Series indicating whether each email is valid.

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