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Placeholder used for operational or testing purposes.

Dummy-data is useless information reserving a operational information is normally present.

Dummy-data may also be used in testing to properly initialize values which are not intended to be evaluated by the test.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_data

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Replace dummy values in multiple columns with corresponding string values from another pandas dataframe

I have two pandas dataframes with the second having dummy values I pulled from the first, like so: df1 Col_0 Col_1 Col_2 Col_3 ...Col_27 0 A 535 C Mission 1 A 536 C Mission 2 A 541 C …
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Generating 3.000.000 strings of length 11 in R

Apparently if I try this: # first grab the package install.packages("stringi") library(stringi) # and then try to generate some serious dummy data my_try <- as.vector(sample(1111111111:99999999999,3000000,replace=T)) R will say NOPE, sorry: Error:…
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How to create dummy data for steps of a recipe?

I am creating a meal planner mysql database application. In order to do so, I need to break the instructions of the recipe into different steps (this part is non negotiable) I need to populate my database with dummy data. What is the best way to get…
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Add dummy single row into the first row of excel file in SSIS

I receive excel file every week. Suppose it has following columns: Cust_Name(string), Cust_Id(int), Cust_filename(string),description(string/Unicode string/ Unicode text stream), explanation(String/Unicode string/ Unicode text stream)..... I am…
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How to add dummy variables in R

I know there are several questions about this topic, but none of them seem to answer my specific question. I have a dataset with five independent variables and I want to add two dummy variables to my regression in R. I have my data in Excel and…
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Create dummy data for report in iReport

I have a reporting module for my application, where users can select the template, When a user selects a template, it will appear in jasper viewer with dummy data. But when the user starts generating the report it will use the data from the…
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dummy numbers generator in Python

With an = (an-2 + 1)×an-1 with a0 = 0 and a1 = 1 formula find dummy_numbers(max) My code: def dummy_numbers(nums): binsize = (((nums - 2) +1) * (nums -1)) return map(lambda x: int(nums + binsize * x), range(nums)) for num in…
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How to Populate MS Access With Fake Data

Working with a test DB in MS Access and I am looking for a way to populate my data-sets with fake test data to work on queries. Already seen How to auto-populate MS Access database fields? but no progress. Are there any safe websites that can do…
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What is the difference between "dump data" and "dummy data" in MySQL?

What is the difference between "dump data" and "dummy data" in MySQL? And I want to make sure the purpose of dump data is to back up their data and dummy data is test functions. right?
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JavaScript library to fill HTML/CSS design with dummy but nice-looking data?

Let's say I have a CSS/HTML design, and I would like to show it to the client. Instead of filling it with lorem ipsum and placehold.it, I would like to fill it with more realistic (or just nicer) data. Also I would like to avoid repeating the…
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R: Recoding several characters into one new factor

I am new to R, and could not find specific help for my question on this site. I have (among others) ten character variables in my dataframe $grant_database, country_1 through country_10. Each contains either a country code, for example E20, F27 or…
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How to create a list of dummy files in Java?

I need to create a List files, so that it contains 3 dummy files. How do I do that? I need that for unit test. I did private File file1 = mock(File.class); private File file2 = mock(File.class); private File file3 =…
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how do I create Dummy Variables in RStudio? with numeric data?

JOB 0 : unemployed/ unskilled - non-resident 1 : unskilled - resident 2 : skilled employee / official 3 : management/ self-employed/highly qualified employee/ officer HISTORY 0: no credits taken 1: all credits at this bank paid back duly 2:…
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Dummy data generation in Matlab?

I need some dummy data to a structure such as <64x64 double>. I am able to get <1x64 double> with 1:64 but how to get more dimensions to get <64x64 double> in Matlab? I know I can do it like [1 2 3 4 ... 64; 1 2 3 ...64; ...; 1 2 3 ... 64] but I am…
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