pandas.Series.to_sparse
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Series.to_sparse(kind='block', fill_value=None)[source]
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Convert Series to SparseSeries Parameters: kind : {‘block’, ‘integer’} fill_value : float, defaults to NaN (missing) Returns: sp : SparseSeries 
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