survival.column.encode_categorical¶
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survival.column.
encode_categorical
(table, **kwargs)¶ Encode categorical columns with M categories into M-1 columns according to the one-hot scheme.
Parameters: table : pandas.DataFrame
Table with categorical columns to encode.
allow_drop : boolean, optional, default=True
Whether to allow dropping categorical columns that only consist of a single category.
Returns: encoded : pandas.DataFrame
Table with categorical columns encoded as numeric. Numeric columns in the input table remain unchanged.