pandas.Series.str.get_dummies — pandas 1.0.5 documentation (original) (raw)

Series.str. get_dummies(self, sep='|')[source]¶

Split each string in the Series by sep and return a DataFrame of dummy/indicator variables.

Parameters

sepstr, default “|”

String to split on.

Returns

DataFrame

Dummy variables corresponding to values of the Series.

See also

get_dummies

Convert categorical variable into dummy/indicator variables.

Examples

pd.Series(['a|b', 'a', 'a|c']).str.get_dummies() a b c 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1

pd.Series(['a|b', np.nan, 'a|c']).str.get_dummies() a b c 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1