🌟Data Science code example - 18: How to convert categorical variables into numerical variables in Python?

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## How to convert categorical variables into numerical variables in Python
def Kickstarter_Example_76():
    print()
    print(format('How to convert categorical variables into numerical variables in Python','*^82'))

    import warnings
    warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")

    # load libraries
    import pandas as pd

    # Create a dataframe
    data = {'first_name': ['Jason', 'Molly', 'Tina', 'Jake', 'Amy'],
                'last_name': ['Miller', 'Jacobson', 'Ali', 'Milner', 'Cooze'],
                'gender': ['male', 'female', 'male', 'female', 'female']}

    df = pd.DataFrame(data,.......
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