Python — check if a string contains Cyrillic characters

Question

How to check whether a string contains Cyrillic characters?

E.g.

>>> has_cyrillic(\'Hello, world!\')
False
>>> has_cyrillic(\'Приве         


        

Answer 1

regex supports Unicode properties, along with a few short forms.

>>> regex.search(r'\p{IsCyrillic}', 'Hello, world!')
>>> regex.search(r'\p{IsCyrillic}', 'Привет, world!')

>>> regex.search(r'\p{IsCyrillic}', 'Hello, wёrld!')