pandas.Series.str.get_dummies

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

Return DataFrame of dummy/indicator variables for Series.

Each string in Series is split by sep and returned as 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