Extract a certain part of a string after a key phrase using pandas?
You can use the Series str.extract string method:
In [11]: df = pd.DataFrame([["(12:25) (No Huddle Shotgun) P.Manning pass short left to W.Welker pushed ob at DEN 34 for 10 yards (C.Graham)."]])In [12]: dfOut[12]: 00 (12:25) (No Huddle Shotgun) P.Manning pass sho...This will "extract" what's it the group (inside the parenthesis):
In [13]: df[0].str.extract("for (\d+)")Out[13]:0 10Name: 0, dtype: objectIn [14]: df[0].str.extract("for (\d+) yards")Out[14]:0 10Name: 0, dtype: objectYou'll need to convert to int, e.g. using astype(int).