- **Note**: index starts from ``0`` and it doesn't count the label column when passing type is ``int``
- **Note**: despite the fact that specified columns will be completely ignored during the training, they still should have a valid format allowing LightGBM to load file successfully
- ``categorical_feature`` :raw-html:`<a id="categorical_feature" title="Permalink to this parameter" href="#categorical_feature">🔗︎</a>`, default = ``""``, type = multi-int or string, aliases: ``cat_feature``, ``categorical_column``, ``cat_column``
// desc = add a prefix ``name:`` for column name, e.g. ``ignore_column=name:c1,c2,c3`` means c1, c2 and c3 will be ignored
// desc = **Note**: works only in case of loading data directly from file
// desc = **Note**: index starts from ``0`` and it doesn't count the label column when passing type is ``int``
// desc = **Note**: despite the fact that specified columns will be completely ignored during the training, they still should have a valid format allowing LightGBM to load file successfully