Strings/ features in Turicreate decision tree

Question

I am trying to create a prediction model by using a decision tree with Turicreate. While my problem does involve numbers, it also involves strings and ultimately I want it to return the string 'true/false'. Are Turicreate decision trees able to process strings as input and output?

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with the package, but the documentation suggests that strings as input will be handled internally by dummy-encoding (with a reference level). The linked section is for linear regression, but is linked to from the Advanced Features section of the decision tree page, so I assume that applies.