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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def transform(self, X, y=None):
 """Dummy encode the categorical columns in X Parameters X : pd.DataFrame or dd.DataFrame y : ignored Returns ------- transformed : pd.DataFrame or dd.DataFrame Same type as the input """

        if not X.columns.equals(self.columns_):
            raise ValueError(
                "Columns of 'X' do not match the training "
                "columns. Got {!r}, expected {!r}".format(X.columns, self.columns)
            )
        if isinstance(X, pd.DataFrame):
            return pd.get_dummies(X, drop_first=self.drop_first, columns=self.columns)
        elif isinstance(X, dd.DataFrame):
            return dd.get_dummies(X, drop_first=self.drop_first, columns=self.columns)
        else:
            raise TypeError("Unexpected type {}".format(type(X)))