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import pandas as pd

from sklearn.pipeline import Pipeline

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from dsutil.categories import ToDummiesTransformer,SelectColumnsTransfomer

In [6]:
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'name':['martha','luke','johnny','betty'],
    'state':['KY','WY','NC','WY'],
    'age':[12,56,54,33]
})
df.columns.values


Out[6]:
array(['age', 'name', 'state'], dtype=object)

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pipeline = Pipeline([
    ('select',SelectColumnsTransfomer('name'))
    
])

pipeline.fit_transform(df)


Out[11]:
name
0 martha
1 luke
2 johnny
3 betty

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