pandas_convert_numeric_categorical_to_numeric_with_patsy.ipynb

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      "# Convert A Numeric Categorical Variable With Patsy\n",
      "\n",
      "- **Author:** [Chris Albon](http://www.chrisalbon.com/), [@ChrisAlbon](https://twitter.com/chrisalbon)\n",
      "- **Date:** -\n",
      "- **Repo:** [Python 3 code snippets for data science](https://github.com/chrisalbon/code_py)\n",
      "- **Note:** Originally from: Data Origami."
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     "source": [
      "### import modules"
     ]
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     "input": [
      "import pandas as pd\n",
      "import patsy"
     ],
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     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 7
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      "### Create dataframe"
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     "input": [
      "raw_data = {'countrycode': [1, 2, 3, 2, 1]} \n",
      "df = pd.DataFrame(raw_data, columns = ['countrycode'])\n",
      "df"
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        "<div style=\"max-height:1000px;max-width:1500px;overflow:auto;\">\n",
        "<table border=\"1\" class=\"dataframe\">\n",
        "  <thead>\n",
        "    <tr style=\"text-align: right;\">\n",
        "      <th></th>\n",
        "      <th>countrycode</th>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "  </thead>\n",
        "  <tbody>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>0</th>\n",
        "      <td> 1</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>1</th>\n",
        "      <td> 2</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>2</th>\n",
        "      <td> 3</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>3</th>\n",
        "      <td> 2</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>4</th>\n",
        "      <td> 1</td>\n",
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        "   countrycode\n",
        "0            1\n",
        "1            2\n",
        "2            3\n",
        "3            2\n",
        "4            1"
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      "### Convert the countrycode variable into three binary variables"
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      "patsy.dmatrix('C(countrycode)-1', df, return_type='dataframe')"
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        "  <thead>\n",
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        "      <th></th>\n",
        "      <th>C(countrycode)[1]</th>\n",
        "      <th>C(countrycode)[2]</th>\n",
        "      <th>C(countrycode)[3]</th>\n",
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        "  <tbody>\n",
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        "      <td> 0</td>\n",
        "      <td> 0</td>\n",
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        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>1</th>\n",
        "      <td> 0</td>\n",
        "      <td> 1</td>\n",
        "      <td> 0</td>\n",
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        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>2</th>\n",
        "      <td> 0</td>\n",
        "      <td> 0</td>\n",
        "      <td> 1</td>\n",
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        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>3</th>\n",
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        "   C(countrycode)[1]  C(countrycode)[2]  C(countrycode)[3]\n",
        "0                  1                  0                  0\n",
        "1                  0                  1                  0\n",
        "2                  0                  0                  1\n",
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