Attempts to prepare a clean dataset to prepare to put in a lgb.Dataset. Factors and characters are converted to numeric (specifically: integer). Please use lgb.prepare_rules2 if you want to apply this transformation to other datasets. This is useful if you have a specific need for integer dataset instead of numeric dataset. Note that there are programs which do not support integer-only input. Consider this as a half memory technique which is dangerous, especially for LightGBM.
lgb.prepare2(data)
| data | A data.frame or data.table to prepare. |
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The cleaned dataset. It must be converted to a matrix format (as.matrix) for input in lgb.Dataset.
#> 'data.frame': 150 obs. of 5 variables: #> $ Sepal.Length: num 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.6 5 5.4 4.6 5 4.4 4.9 ... #> $ Sepal.Width : num 3.5 3 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 ... #> $ Petal.Length: num 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 ... #> $ Petal.Width : num 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 ... #> $ Species : Factor w/ 3 levels "setosa","versicolor",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...# 'data.frame': 150 obs. of 5 variables: # $ Sepal.Length: num 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.6 5 5.4 4.6 5 4.4 4.9 ... # $ Sepal.Width : num 3.5 3 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 ... # $ Petal.Length: num 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 ... # $ Petal.Width : num 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 ... # $ Species : Factor w/ 3 levels "setosa","versicolor",..: 1 1 1 1 ... # Convert all factors/chars to integer str(lgb.prepare2(data = iris))#> 'data.frame': 150 obs. of 5 variables: #> $ Sepal.Length: num 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.6 5 5.4 4.6 5 4.4 4.9 ... #> $ Sepal.Width : num 3.5 3 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 ... #> $ Petal.Length: num 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 ... #> $ Petal.Width : num 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 ... #> $ Species : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...# 'data.frame': 150 obs. of 5 variables: # $ Sepal.Length: num 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.6 5 5.4 4.6 5 4.4 4.9 ... # $ Sepal.Width : num 3.5 3 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 ... # $ Petal.Length: num 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 ... # $ Petal.Width : num 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 ... # $ Species : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... # When lightgbm package is installed, and you do not want to load it # You can still use the function! lgb.unloader() str(lightgbm::lgb.prepare2(data = iris))#> 'data.frame': 150 obs. of 5 variables: #> $ Sepal.Length: num 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.6 5 5.4 4.6 5 4.4 4.9 ... #> $ Sepal.Width : num 3.5 3 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 ... #> $ Petal.Length: num 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 ... #> $ Petal.Width : num 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 ... #> $ Species : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...# 'data.frame': 150 obs. of 5 variables: # $ Sepal.Length: num 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.6 5 5.4 4.6 5 4.4 4.9 ... # $ Sepal.Width : num 3.5 3 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 ... # $ Petal.Length: num 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 ... # $ Petal.Width : num 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 ... # $ Species : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...