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Generate fake census data with the `faker` module
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| from faker import Faker | |
| import pandas as pd | |
| user_factory = Faker() | |
| user_factory.seed(1000) | |
| def get_fake_user(): | |
| global user_factory | |
| is_male = user_factory.boolean() | |
| if is_male: | |
| name = user_factory.first_name_male() | |
| else: | |
| name = user_factory.first_name_female() | |
| user = { | |
| "name": name, | |
| "state": user_factory.state(), | |
| "age": user_factory.random_int(min=25, max=75), | |
| } | |
| return user | |
| users = pd.DataFrame([get_fake_user() for _ in range(200)]) | |
| users.to_csv("census.csv", index=False) |
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