[Company] Add Industries

[aress31]

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If you could consider implementing the indutries for the company that would be great!

Suggested solution

// Returning an array of related industries for the generated company
faker.company.industries()

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[matthewmayer]

I think a similar industry() method would be more consistent with other methods

I'm assuming data like

• Agriculture
  • Automotive
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Construction
  • Consumer Goods
  • Education
  ...

[aress31]

@matthewmayer a company can operate across multiple industries so it would make more sense to return an array. Having said that, I would still take industry over nothing.

[matthewmayer]

We have helper methods for returning several of an array like faker.helpers.arrayElements and faker.helpers.multiple that can be used in conjunction with any method.

[aress31]

@matthewmayer, an ETA in mind for this feature, that is a quite common use case to store companies/clients industries and being able to use faker to mock this data would be superb!