Encode categorical features as a one-hot numeric array.
The input to this transformer should be an array-like of integers or
strings, denoting the values taken on by categorical (discrete) features.
The features are encoded using a one-hot (aka 'one-of-K' or 'dummy')
encoding scheme. This creates a binary column for each category and
returns a sparse matrix or dense array (depending on the ``sparse_output``
parameter)
By default, the encoder derives the categories based on the unique values
in each feature. Alternatively, you can also specify the `categories`
manually.
This encoding is needed for feeding categorical data to many scikit-learn
estimators, notably linear models and SVMs with the standard kernels.
Note: a one-hot encoding of y labels should use a LabelBinarizer
instead.