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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions pandas/core/reshape/encoding.py
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"""
Convert categorical variable into dummy/indicator variables.

Each variable is converted in as many 0/1 variables as there are different
values. Columns in the output are each named after a value; if the input is
a DataFrame, the name of the original variable is prepended to the value.

Parameters
----------
data : array-like, Series, or DataFrame
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Returns
-------
DataFrame
Dummy-coded data.
Dummy-coded data. If `data` contains other columns than the
dummy-coded one(s), these will be prepended, unaltered, to the result.

See Also
--------
Series.str.get_dummies : Convert Series to dummy codes.
Series.str.get_dummies : Convert Series of strings to dummy codes.
:func:`~pandas.from_dummies` : Convert dummy codes to categorical ``DataFrame``.

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