Or just not respecting na flag. ``` In [44]: s = pd.Series(['a', 0, np.nan]) In [45]: s.str.contains('a', na=False) Out[45]: 0 True 1 False 2 False dtype: bool In [46]: s.str.match('a', na=False) Out[46]: 0 True 1 NaN 2 NaN dtype: object ```