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Builds a 1.3GB file full of random values. Used for testing transfer speeds. Update the # of rows to make a even chonkier file.
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| # This is not an original work, but crafted based on: https://gist.github.com/momota/ba302f0f0720ff5b2445fb81820c5b82 | |
| # I updated it to make a file closer to the size I needed consistantly. All praise goes to: @momota and @andrewFarley for | |
| # The original gist. | |
| import csv | |
| import random | |
| # 1000000 and 62 == roughly 1.3GB (will take a bit of time, go get a coffee) | |
| rows = 1200000 | |
| columns = 62 | |
| def generate_random_row(col): | |
| a = [] | |
| l = [i] | |
| for j in range(col): | |
| l.append(random.random()) | |
| a.append(l) | |
| return a | |
| if __name__ == '__main__': | |
| f = open('sample.csv', 'w') | |
| w = csv.writer(f, lineterminator='\n') | |
| for i in range(rows): | |
| w.writerows(generate_random_row(columns)) | |
| f.close() |
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