Python Pandas replace() not working

Question

I have some fields that have some junk in them from an upstream process. I\'m trying to delete \'\\r\\nName: hwowneremail, dtype: object\' from a column th

Answer 1

alternatively you can use:

report_df.Owner.str.replace(r'\r\n.*', '')

Answer 2

As far as I remember, Python Pandas was changed a little bit in replace. You should try passing over a regex keyword argument.

Like so;

report_df['Owner'].replace({'\r\nName: hwowneremail, dtype: object':''},regex=True)

Answer 3

Or sometimes just make sure there is no white space before or after the character/str you are looking for(expl. ? ):

df.replace(r'\s*\?\s*', np.nan, regex=True) 

or just make sure you specify you are looking for a string:

df.replace(r'\?', np.nan, regex=True)

and for both cases: and don`t forget

regex=True