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+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "51f41eaf-f24f-44fc-8178-3270efa46ec4",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# Simple pandas to vowpalwabbit conversion tutorial"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 1,
+   "id": "b9a21a43-39ad-4213-9c7f-814bbafd8a54",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import pandas as pd\n",
+    "from vowpalwabbit.dftovw import DFtoVW\n",
+    "from vowpalwabbit import Workspace"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "fc831353-b5aa-4bb0-a928-c47b340397a5",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### Building simple examples using `DftoVW.from_column_names`"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "c60089f1-ce41-49ee-a3a9-74f0fb2cb34f",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Let's create the following pandas dataframe:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 2,
+   "id": "a31118c2-b315-4129-b28a-2ea37d2dae50",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "df = pd.DataFrame(\n",
+    "    [\n",
+    "        {\n",
+    "            \"income\": 0,\n",
+    "            \"age\": 27,\n",
+    "            \"marital-status\": \"Separated\",\n",
+    "            \"education\": \"HS-grad\",\n",
+    "            \"occupation\": \"Handlers-cleaners\",\n",
+    "            \"hours-per-week\": 25,\n",
+    "        },\n",
+    "        {\n",
+    "            \"income\": 1,\n",
+    "            \"age\": 34,\n",
+    "            \"marital-status\": \"Married-civ-spouse\",\n",
+    "            \"education\": \"Bachelors\",\n",
+    "            \"occupation\": \"Prof-specialty\",\n",
+    "            \"hours-per-week\": 40,\n",
+    "        },\n",
+    "        {\n",
+    "            \"income\": 0,\n",
+    "            \"age\": 44,\n",
+    "            \"marital-status\": \"Never-married\",\n",
+    "            \"education\": \"Assoc-voc\",\n",
+    "            \"occupation\": \"Priv-house-serv\",\n",
+    "            \"hours-per-week\": 25,\n",
+    "        },\n",
+    "        {\n",
+    "            \"income\": 1,\n",
+    "            \"age\": 38,\n",
+    "            \"marital-status\": \"Married-civ-spouse\",\n",
+    "            \"education\": \"Bachelors\",\n",
+    "            \"occupation\": \"Prof-specialty\",\n",
+    "            \"hours-per-week\": 60,\n",
+    "        },\n",
+    "        {\n",
+    "            \"income\": 0,\n",
+    "            \"age\": 34,\n",
+    "            \"marital-status\": \"Married-civ-spouse\",\n",
+    "            \"education\": \"HS-grad\",\n",
+    "            \"occupation\": \"Other-service\",\n",
+    "            \"hours-per-week\": 36,\n",
+    "        },\n",
+    "    ]\n",
+    ")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "473e5c72-ab6c-4d72-a466-7352ec604393",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "The user builds the examples using the class method `DftoVW.from_column_names`. The method is called using the dataframe object (`df`) and its various column names. The conversion to vowpal wabbit examples is then performed by calling the `convert_df` method:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 3,
+   "id": "2be83f6c-ecaa-45cb-bb3f-2f47827d6016",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "['0 | age:27 marital-status=Separated education=HS-grad occupation=Handlers-cleaners hours-per-week:25',\n",
+       " '1 | age:34 marital-status=Married-civ-spouse education=Bachelors occupation=Prof-specialty hours-per-week:40',\n",
+       " '0 | age:44 marital-status=Never-married education=Assoc-voc occupation=Priv-house-serv hours-per-week:25',\n",
+       " '1 | age:38 marital-status=Married-civ-spouse education=Bachelors occupation=Prof-specialty hours-per-week:60',\n",
+       " '0 | age:34 marital-status=Married-civ-spouse education=HS-grad occupation=Other-service hours-per-week:36']"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 3,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "converter = DFtoVW.from_column_names(\n",
+    "    df=df,\n",
+    "    y=\"income\",\n",
+    "    x=[\"age\", \"marital-status\", \"education\", \"occupation\", \"hours-per-week\"],\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "examples = converter.convert_df()\n",
+    "examples"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "6109f95e-cd17-485b-947d-8c2c33a5843a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Note that the vowpal wabbit format for categorical features is `feature_name=feature_value` whereas for numerical features the format is `feature_name:feature_value`. When using `DFtoVW` class, the appropriate format will be inferred from the dataframe columns types.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "We then train the model on these examples:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 4,
+   "id": "c0269980-78b3-4123-84eb-27e0fba929b4",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "model = Workspace(P=1, enable_logging=True)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "for ex in examples:\n",
+    "    model.learn(ex)\n",
+    "model.finish()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "50470ca2-f33d-495e-a3f9-46ae1a618e6d",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### Building more complex examples"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "30a526a6-7f8f-48e4-8dca-f9058a0d87fb",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "The class method `DFtoVW.from_column_names` represents a quick and simple way to build the examples, but if the user needs more control over the way the examples are created, she or he can either use the class `Feature` or the class `Namespace` for building features, and any of the label class available (see below) based on the nature of the task. \n",
+    "\n",
+    "- When using `Namespace` class (see https://github.com/VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit/wiki/Namespaces for the meaning) the user specifies the name of the namespace with the `name` field, and will pass one or a list of `Feature` object to the `features` field.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "- The `Feature` class has a `value` field, which is the name of the column. The user can also rename the feature using the `rename_feature` field or choose to enforce a specific type (`\"numerical\"` or `\"categorical\"`) using `as_type` field.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Regarding the labels, multiple classes are available:\n",
+    "- `SimpleLabel` for regression\n",
+    "- `MulticlassLabel` and `Multilabel` for classification\n",
+    "- `ContextualbanditLabel`.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "In the following examples we'll build 2 namespaces based on socio-demographic features and the job features."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 5,
+   "id": "90a69d90-a0a6-42d4-8867-5d1b0e73f4ec",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "['0 |ns_sociodemo age:27 marital-status=Separated education=HS-grad |ns_job occupation=Handlers-cleaners hours-per-week:25',\n",
+       " '1 |ns_sociodemo age:34 marital-status=Married-civ-spouse education=Bachelors |ns_job occupation=Prof-specialty hours-per-week:40',\n",
+       " '0 |ns_sociodemo age:44 marital-status=Never-married education=Assoc-voc |ns_job occupation=Priv-house-serv hours-per-week:25',\n",
+       " '1 |ns_sociodemo age:38 marital-status=Married-civ-spouse education=Bachelors |ns_job occupation=Prof-specialty hours-per-week:60',\n",
+       " '0 |ns_sociodemo age:34 marital-status=Married-civ-spouse education=HS-grad |ns_job occupation=Other-service hours-per-week:36']"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 5,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "from vowpalwabbit.dftovw import SimpleLabel, Namespace, Feature\n",
+    "\n",
+    "ns_sociodemo = Namespace(\n",
+    "    features=[Feature(col) for col in [\"age\", \"marital-status\", \"education\"]],\n",
+    "    name=\"ns_sociodemo\",\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "ns_job = Namespace(\n",
+    "    features=[Feature(col) for col in [\"occupation\", \"hours-per-week\"]], name=\"ns_job\"\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "label = SimpleLabel(\"income\")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "converter_advanced = DFtoVW(df=df, namespaces=[ns_sociodemo, ns_job], label=label)\n",
+    "examples_advanced = converter_advanced.convert_df()\n",
+    "examples_advanced[:5]"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "071326d7-f969-4db1-a73e-3cee225921f4",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "We train the model by also including interactions between the variables of the 2 namespaces:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 6,
+   "id": "f0ed661f-d9a0-4ebb-93b8-f5747347c7b4",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "model_advanced = Workspace(\n",
+    "    # arg_str=\"--interactions ns_sociodemo:ns_job\", P=1, enable_logging=True\n",
+    "    arg_str=\"--redefine a:=ns_job b:=ns_sociodemo -q ab \",\n",
+    "    P=1,\n",
+    "    enable_logging=True,\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "for ex in examples_advanced:\n",
+    "    model_advanced.learn(ex)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "model_advanced.finish()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "5bb2208e-9d0e-44ef-8d91-faccedf41ac0",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Finally, we can get the estimated weights associated to each namespace and feature:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 7,
+   "id": "06aabeab-2365-4f86-bf60-7043b0e59190",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "[('ns_job', 'occupation', 0.0),\n",
+       " ('ns_job', 'hours-per-week', 0.0019117757910862565),\n",
+       " ('ns_sociodemo', 'age', 0.001858704723417759),\n",
+       " ('ns_sociodemo', 'marital-status', 0.0),\n",
+       " ('ns_sociodemo', 'education', 0.0)]"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 7,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "[\n",
+    "    (ns.name, feature.name, model_advanced.get_weight_from_name(feature.name, ns.name))\n",
+    "    for ns in [ns_job, ns_sociodemo]\n",
+    "    for feature in ns.features\n",
+    "]"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
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