CategoricalFeature

CategoricalFeature with dynamic kwargs passing.

Constructor

__init__(self, name: str, feature_type: kdp.features.FeatureType = <FeatureType.INTEGER_CATEGORICAL: 5>, category_encoding='EMBEDDING', **kwargs) -> None

Initializes a CategoricalFeature instance.

Parameters- name (str): The name of the feature.

feature_type (FeatureType): The type of the feature.
category_encoding (str): The category encoding type.
**kwargs: Additional keyword arguments for the feature.

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add_preprocessor

add_preprocessor(self, preprocessor: kdp.layers_factory.PreprocessorLayerFactory | typing.Any) -> None

Adds a preprocessor to the feature.

Parameters- preprocessor (Union[PreprocessorLayerFactory, Any]): The preprocessor to add.

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from_string

from_string(type_str: str) -> 'FeatureType'

Converts a string to a FeatureType.

Parameters- type_str (str): The string representation of the feature type.

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update_kwargs

update_kwargs(self, **kwargs) -> None

Updates the kwargs with new or modified parameters.

Parameters

**kwargs: The new or modified parameters.

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