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# pandas.core.strings.StringMethods.get_dummies

`StringMethods.``get_dummies`(sep='|')

  Split each string by sep and return a frame of dummy/indicator variables.

  Examples

      >>> Series(['a|b', 'a', 'a|c']).str.get_dummies()
         a  b  c
      0  1  1  0
      1  1  0  0
      2  1  0  1

      >>> pd.Series(['a|b', np.nan, 'a|c']).str.get_dummies()
         a  b  c
      0  1  1  0
      1  0  0  0
      2  1  0  1

  See also `pd.get_dummies`.

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