# EXAMPLES

## Collected examples

Many example input files in journal and other formats can be found
in `examples/` in the `hledger` repo.

## Sample journals

Synthetic data files like `examples/100x100x10.journal` are useful for benchmarks and testing.
The numbers describe the number of transactions, number of accounts, and maximum account depth respectively.
They are generated by [`tools/generatejournal.hs`](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/master/tools/generatejournal.hs).
They should get built automatically as needed, if not you can use `make samplejournals`:

```shell
$ make samplejournals
ghc tools/generatejournal.hs
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( tools/generatejournal.hs, tools/generatejournal.o )
Linking tools/generatejournal ...
tools/generatejournal 100 100 10 >examples/100x100x10.journal
tools/generatejournal 1000 1000 10 >examples/1000x1000x10.journal
tools/generatejournal 1000 10000 10 >examples/1000x10000x10.journal
tools/generatejournal 10000 1000 10 >examples/10000x1000x10.journal
tools/generatejournal 10000 10000 10 >examples/10000x10000x10.journal
tools/generatejournal 100000 1000 10 >examples/100000x1000x10.journal
tools/generatejournal 3 5 5 >examples/ascii.journal
tools/generatejournal 3 5 5 --chinese >examples/chinese.journal
tools/generatejournal 3 5 5 --mixed >examples/mixed.journal
```