OneHotEncoder: Adding handle_missing='ignore' option

scikit-learn-contrib / category_encoders

A library of sklearn compatible categorical variable encoders

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Closed woodly0 closed 1 year ago

woodly0 commented 1 year ago

Closes #386

added ignore option to the handle_missing parameter of the OneHotEncoder. This will encode NaN values as 0 in every dummy column. However, compared to the value option, no additional "_nan" category is created.
added a simple test for the new option.

PaulWestenthanner commented 1 year ago

Looks great! Thanks a lot