How do I create dummy variables in pandas?

If you want to include a categorical feature in your machine learning model, one common solution is to create dummy variables. In this video, I'll demonstrate three different ways you can create dummy variables from your existing DataFrame columns. I'll also show you a trick for simplifying your code that was introduced in pandas 0.18.

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I really like that he explains the extra attributes and the things that people gloss over. For example, the : and axis. I'm a newbie, so that little stuff was useful to me.

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Thankyou for illustrating it so well, i was not clear with the reasoning behind dropping the first column when using the dummies. But now i have clear idea about that

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Brother I couldn't get around using categorical variables even after watching so many tutorials and decided to not use them in the model.But you made it so easy.Thanks a lot for such a wonderful explanation:p

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Thanks for showing how to add this to the dataframe, very helpful!

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