larray.Axis.matching

Axis.matching(pattern)

Returns a group with all the labels matching the specified pattern (regular expression).

Parameters:

pattern : str or Group

Regular expression (regex).

Returns:

LGroup

Group containing all the labels matching the pattern.

Notes

See Regular Expression for more details about how to build a pattern.

Examples

>>> people = Axis(['Bruce Wayne', 'Bruce Willis', 'Waldo', 'Arthur Dent', 'Harvey Dent'], 'people')

All labels starting with “W” and ending with “o” are given by

>>> people.matching('W.*o')
people['Waldo']

All labels not containing character “a”

>>> people.matching('[^a]*$')
people['Bruce Willis', 'Arthur Dent']