encodeOrdinal: Ordinal encoding of categorical features

In XanderHorn/autoML: Automated machine learning

Description

Encodes categorical features using a ordinal approach where the proportion is first calculated, sorted and then a transformation is applied to the sorted proportions

Usage

encodeOrdinal(x, catFeats, autoCode = TRUE)

Arguments

x	[data.frame | Required] Data.frame containing categorical features
catFeats	[character vector | Required] Character vector of categorical features
autoCode	[logical | Optional] Should code be generated when running the function

Value

List containing data.frame with encoded features as well as code when autoCode is TRUE

Author(s)

Xander Horn

Examples

temp <- encodeOrdinal(x = iris, catFeats = "Species")

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