RandomEntity
Listing of Entity Types »RandomEntity[spec]
gives a pseudorandom entity with a type determined by the specification spec.
RandomEntity[spec,n]
gives a list of n pseudorandom entities.
Details
- RandomEntity returns Entity objects.
- The type specification in RandomEntity can be an EntityClass object, an Entity object, or an explicit entity type such as "Country", "Movie", "Person", etc.
- RandomEntity will fetch sample entities from the online Wolfram Knowledgebase.
Examples
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Samples can be given from EntityClass expressions:
Implicit EntityClass expressions, based on conditional EntityProperty values, can also be sampled:
Possible Issues (3)
If the sample size is larger than the number of available entities, an error message is issued:
The specified type should be an Entity, EntityClass, or known entity type:
Sample selection is done using the online Wolfram Knowledgebase, and does not follow client SeedRandom state:
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), RandomEntity, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RandomEntity.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "RandomEntity." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RandomEntity.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). RandomEntity. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RandomEntity.html