pandas.Series.str.get_dummies

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

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

Parameters:
sep : str, 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
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