filter df for column value "starts" with pattern
#filter df for column value "starts" with pattern
# importing pandas module
import pandas as pd
# reading csv file from url
data = pd.read_csv("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/nba.csv")
# String to be searched in start of string
search ="G"
# boolean series returned with False at place of NaN
bool_series = data["College"].str.startswith(search, na = False)
# displaying filtered dataframe
data[bool_series]