featuretools.variable_types.variable.Categorical¶
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class
featuretools.variable_types.variable.
Categorical
(id, entity, name=None, categories=None)[source]¶ Represents variables that can take an unordered discrete values
- Parameters
categories (list) – List of categories. If left blank, inferred from data.
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__init__
(id, entity, name=None, categories=None)[source]¶ Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.
Methods
__init__
(id, entity[, name, categories])Initialize self.
create_from
(variable)Create new variable this type from existing
to_data_description
()Attributes
dtype
entityset
interesting_values
name
series
type_string