Hashing

class category_encoders.hashing.HashingEncoder(max_process=0, max_sample=0, verbose=0, n_components=8, cols=None, drop_invariant=False, return_df=True, hash_method='md5', process_creation_method='fork')[source]

A multivariate hashing implementation with configurable dimensionality/precision.

The advantage of this encoder is that it does not maintain a dictionary of observed categories. Consequently, the encoder does not grow in size and accepts new values during data scoring by design.

It’s important to read about how max_process & max_sample work before setting them manually, inappropriate setting slows down encoding.

Default value of ‘max_process’ is 1 on Windows because multiprocessing might cause issues, see in : https://github.com/scikit-learn-contrib/categorical-encoding/issues/215 https://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html?highlight=process#windows

Parameters:

verbose: int: integer indicating verbosity of the output. 0 for none.
cols: list: a list of columns to encode, if None, all string columns will be encoded.
drop_invariant: bool: boolean for whether or not to drop columns with 0 variance.
return_df: bool: boolean for whether to return a pandas DataFrame from transform (otherwise it will be a numpy array).
hash_method: str: which hashing method to use. Any method from hashlib works.
max_process: int: how many processes to use in transform(). Limited in range(1, 64). By default, it uses half of the logical CPUs. For example, 4C4T makes max_process=2, 4C8T makes max_process=4. Set it larger if you have a strong CPU. It is not recommended to set it larger than is the count of the logical CPUs as it will actually slow down the encoding.
max_sample: int: how many samples to encode by each process at a time. This setting is useful on low memory machines. By default, max_sample=(all samples num)/(max_process). For example, 4C8T CPU with 100,000 samples makes max_sample=25,000, 6C12T CPU with 100,000 samples makes max_sample=16,666. It is not recommended to set it larger than the default value.
n_components: int: how many bits to use to represent the feature. By default, we use 8 bits. For high-cardinality features, consider using up-to 32 bits.
process_creation_method: string: either “fork”, “spawn” or “forkserver” (availability depends on your platform). See https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods for more details and tradeoffs. Defaults to “fork” on linux/macos as it is the fastest option and to “spawn” on windows as it is the only one available

Methods

`fit`(X[, y])	Fits the encoder according to X and y.
`fit_transform`(X[, y])	Fit to data, then transform it.
`get_feature_names`()	Deprecated method to get feature names.
`get_feature_names_in`()	Get the names of all input columns present when fitting.
`get_feature_names_out`([input_features])	Get the names of all transformed / added columns.
`get_metadata_routing`()	Get metadata routing of this object.
`get_params`([deep])	Get parameters for this estimator.
`hash_chunk`(hash_method, np_df, N)	Perform hashing on the given numpy array.
`hashing_trick`(X_in[, hashing_method, N, ...])	A basic hashing implementation with configurable dimensionality/precision.
`hashing_trick_with_np_no_parallel`(df, N)	Perform the hashing trick in a single thread (non-parallel).
`hashing_trick_with_np_parallel`(df, N)	Perform the hashing trick in parallel.
`set_output`(*[, transform])	Set output container.
`set_params`(**params)	Set the parameters of this estimator.
`set_transform_request`(*[, override_return_df])	Request metadata passed to the `transform` method.
`transform`(X[, override_return_df])	Perform the transformation to new categorical data.

References

[1]

Feature Hashing for Large Scale Multitask Learning, from

https://alex.smola.org/papers/2009/Weinbergeretal09.pdf .. [R8dde675226a2-2] Don’t be tricked by the Hashing Trick, from https://booking.ai/dont-be-tricked-by-the-hashing-trick-192a6aae3087

Fits the encoder according to X and y.

Parameters:

Xarray-like, shape = [n_samples, n_features]: Training vectors, where n_samples is the number of samples and n_features is the number of features.
yarray-like, shape = [n_samples]: Target values.

Returns:

selfencoder: Returns self.

fit_transform(X, y=None, **fit_params)

Fit to data, then transform it.

Fits transformer to X and y with optional parameters fit_params and returns a transformed version of X.

Parameters:

Xarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features): Input samples.
yarray-like of shape (n_samples,) or (n_samples, n_outputs), default=None: Target values (None for unsupervised transformations).
**fit_paramsdict: Additional fit parameters.

Returns:

X_newndarray array of shape (n_samples, n_features_new): Transformed array.

get_feature_names() → ndarray: Deprecated method to get feature names. Use get_feature_names_out instead.

get_feature_names_in() → ndarray

Get the names of all input columns present when fitting.

These columns are necessary for the transform step.

get_feature_names_out(input_features=None) → ndarray

Get the names of all transformed / added columns.

Note that in sklearn the get_feature_names_out function takes the feature_names_in as an argument and determines the output feature names using the input. A fit is usually not necessary and if so a NotFittedError is raised. We just require a fit all the time and return the fitted output columns.

Returns:

feature_names: np.ndarray: A numpy array with all feature names transformed or added. Note: potentially dropped features (because the feature is constant/invariant) are not included!

get_metadata_routing()

Get metadata routing of this object.

Please check User Guide on how the routing mechanism works.

Returns:

routingMetadataRequest: A MetadataRequest encapsulating routing information.

get_params(deep=True)

Get parameters for this estimator.

Parameters:

deepbool, default=True: If True, will return the parameters for this estimator and contained subobjects that are estimators.

Returns:

paramsdict: Parameter names mapped to their values.

static hash_chunk(hash_method: str, np_df: ndarray, N: int) → ndarray[source]

Perform hashing on the given numpy array.

Parameters:

hash_method: str: Hashlib method to use.
np_df: np.ndarray: Data to hash.
N: int: Number of bits to encode the data.

Returns:

np.ndarray: Hashed data.

hashing_trick(X_in, hashing_method='md5', N=2, cols=None, make_copy=False)[source]

A basic hashing implementation with configurable dimensionality/precision.

Performs the hashing trick on a pandas dataframe, X, using the hashing method from hashlib identified by hashing_method. The number of output dimensions (N), and columns to hash (cols) are also configurable.

Parameters:

X_in: pandas dataframe: description text
hashing_method: string, optional: description text
N: int, optional: description text
cols: list, optional: description text
make_copy: bool, optional: description text

Returns:

outdataframe: A hashing encoded dataframe.

References

Cite the relevant literature, e.g. [R6b702480991a-1]. You may also cite these references in the notes section above. .. [R6b702480991a-1] Kilian Weinberger; Anirban Dasgupta; John Langford; Alex Smola; Josh Attenberg (2009). Feature Hashing for Large Scale Multitask Learning. Proc. ICML.

hashing_trick_with_np_no_parallel(df: DataFrame, N: int) → DataFrame[source]

Perform the hashing trick in a single thread (non-parallel).

Parameters:

df: pd.DataFrame: data to hash.
N: int: how many bits to use to represent the feature.

Returns:

pd.DataFrame: hashed data.

hashing_trick_with_np_parallel(df: DataFrame, N: int) → DataFrame[source]

Perform the hashing trick in parallel.

Parameters:

df: pd.DataFrame: data to hash.
N: int: how many bits to use to represent the feature.

Returns:

pd.DataFrame: hashed data.

set_output(*, transform=None)

Set output container.

See sphx_glr_auto_examples_miscellaneous_plot_set_output.py for an example on how to use the API.

Parameters:

transform{“default”, “pandas”, “polars”}, default=None

Configure output of transform and fit_transform.

“default”: Default output format of a transformer
“pandas”: DataFrame output
“polars”: Polars output
None: Transform configuration is unchanged

Added in version 1.4: “polars” option was added.

Returns:

selfestimator instance: Estimator instance.

set_params(**params)

Set the parameters of this estimator.

The method works on simple estimators as well as on nested objects (such as Pipeline). The latter have parameters of the form <component>__<parameter> so that it’s possible to update each component of a nested object.

Parameters:

**paramsdict: Estimator parameters.

Returns:

selfestimator instance: Estimator instance.

set_transform_request(*, override_return_df: bool | None | str = '$UNCHANGED$') → HashingEncoder

Request metadata passed to the transform method.

Note that this method is only relevant if enable_metadata_routing=True (see sklearn.set_config()). Please see User Guide on how the routing mechanism works.

The options for each parameter are:

True: metadata is requested, and passed to transform if provided. The request is ignored if metadata is not provided.
False: metadata is not requested and the meta-estimator will not pass it to transform.
None: metadata is not requested, and the meta-estimator will raise an error if the user provides it.
str: metadata should be passed to the meta-estimator with this given alias instead of the original name.

The default (sklearn.utils.metadata_routing.UNCHANGED) retains the existing request. This allows you to change the request for some parameters and not others.

Added in version 1.3.

Note

This method is only relevant if this estimator is used as a sub-estimator of a meta-estimator, e.g. used inside a Pipeline. Otherwise it has no effect.

Parameters:

override_return_dfstr, True, False, or None, default=sklearn.utils.metadata_routing.UNCHANGED: Metadata routing for override_return_df parameter in transform.

Returns:

selfobject: The updated object.

transform(X: ndarray | DataFrame | list | generic | csr_matrix, override_return_df: bool = False)

Perform the transformation to new categorical data.

Parameters:

Xarray-like, shape = [n_samples, n_features]
override_return_dfbool: override self.return_df to force to return a data frame

Returns:

parray or DataFrame, shape = [n_samples, n_features_out]: Transformed values with encoding applied.