How to Create Dummy Data in Python by@davisdavid
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How to Create Dummy Data in Python

by Davis David4mSeptember 13th, 2021
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Dummy data is randomly generated data that can be substituted for live data. Faker is a simple python package that generates fake data with different data types. The Faker python package is heavily inspired by PHP Faker, Perl Faker and by Ruby Faker. In the following examples, you will learn 10 different ways to create dummy dates and times data. You can also create more than one profile data into a pandas data-frame with just a few lines of code. The following example, we will create a fake basic profile with personal information such as name, gender, mail and address.

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