How To Select Rows Which One Of Its Columns Values Contains Specific String In Python?

how to select rows which one of its columns values contains specific string in python? I have used the one mentioned here and got errors while I used sample data frame and it looks

Solution 1:

+ is special regex char (match one or more repetitions), so need escape it:

df = pd.DataFrame({'DESCRIPTION': ['aa+','a','+']})

df = df[df['DESCRIPTION'].str.contains('\+')]
print(df)

  DESCRIPTION
0         aa+
2           +

Or add parameter regex=False:

df[df['DESCRIPTION'].str.contains('+', regex=False)]