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title: sampledata.int() function
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  `sampledata.int()` returns a sample data set with integer values.
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`sampledata.int()` returns a sample data set with integer values.



##### Function type signature

```js
(?includeNull: bool) => stream[{A with _value: B, _value: int}]
```

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## Parameters

### includeNull

Include null values in the returned dataset.
Default is `false`.




## Examples

### Output basic sample data with integer values

```js
import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()

```

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#### Output data

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -2      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 10      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 7       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 17      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 15      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 4       | t1   |

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 19      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 4       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -3      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 19      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 13      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 1       | t2   |

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