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pc.remove_feature

pc.remove_feature(config, name)

     This is a helper method for removing a feature from a model config.

Parameters:​

       config: dict
       The config to remove a feature from.

       name: str
       The name of the feature to remove from the config.

Returns:​

       None

Examples:​

Add a feature to the default config.

    dataset = pc.get_dataset("titanic")
    config = pc.get_default_config(dataset, targets='Survived')
    config
#    > {'input_features': [{'name': 'Pclass', 'column': 'Pclass', 'type': 'category'},
#                           {'name': 'Sex', 'column': 'Sex', 'type': 'category'},
#                           {'name': 'Age', 'column': 'Age', 'type': 'number'},
#                           {'name': 'SibSp', 'column': 'SibSp', 'type': 'number'},
#                           {'name': 'Parch', 'column': 'Parch', 'type': 'category'},
#                           {'name': 'Fare', 'column': 'Fare', 'type': 'number'},
#                           {'name': 'Cabin', 'column': 'Cabin', 'type': 'category'},
#                           {'name': 'Embarked', 'column': 'Embarked', 'type': 'category'}],
#        'output_features': [{'name': 'Survived', 'column': 'Survived', 'type': 'binary'}]}

    pc.remove_feature(config, "Embarked")
    config
#    > {'input_features': [{'name': 'Pclass', 'column': 'Pclass', 'type': 'category'},
#                           {'name': 'Sex', 'column': 'Sex', 'type': 'category'},
#                           {'name': 'Age', 'column': 'Age', 'type': 'number'},
#                           {'name': 'SibSp', 'column': 'SibSp', 'type': 'number'},
#                           {'name': 'Parch', 'column': 'Parch', 'type': 'category'},
#                           {'name': 'Fare', 'column': 'Fare', 'type': 'number'},
#                           {'name': 'Cabin', 'column': 'Cabin', 'type': 'category'},
#        'output_features': [{'name': 'Survived', 'column': 'Survived', 'type': 'binary'}]}