Module: RandomData::Locations

Included in:
Random
Defined in:
lib/random_data/locations.rb

Overview

Defines methods to return random location data.

Constant Summary collapse

@@streetnames = 
trees + people + places + numbers
@@street_types = 
%w(St Ave Rd Blvd Trl Ter Rdg Pl Pkwy Ct Circle)
@@line2types = 
["Apt", "Bsmt", "Bldg", "Dept", "Fl", "Frnt", "Hngr", "Lbby", "Lot", "Lowr", "Ofc", "Ph", "Pier", "Rear", "Rm", "Side", "Slip", "Spc", "Stop", "Ste", "Trlr", "Unit", "Uppr"]
@@us_states =

from technoweenie: svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/us_states/lib/us_states.rb

[["Alaska", "AK"], ["Alabama", "AL"], ["Arkansas", "AR"], ["Arizona", "AZ"], 
["California", "CA"], ["Colorado", "CO"], ["Connecticut", "CT"], ["District of Columbia", "DC"], 
["Delaware", "DE"], ["Florida", "FL"], ["Georgia", "GA"], ["Hawaii", "HI"], ["Iowa", "IA"], 
["Idaho", "ID"], ["Illinois", "IL"], ["Indiana", "IN"], ["Kansas", "KS"], ["Kentucky", "KY"], 
["Louisiana", "LA"], ["Massachusetts", "MA"], ["Maryland", "MD"], ["Maine", "ME"], ["Michigan", "MI"], 
["Minnesota", "MN"], ["Missouri", "MO"], ["Mississippi", "MS"], ["Montana", "MT"], ["North Carolina", "NC"], 
["North Dakota", "ND"], ["Nebraska", "NE"], ["New Hampshire", "NH"], ["New Jersey", "NJ"], 
["New Mexico", "NM"], ["Nevada", "NV"], ["New York", "NY"], ["Ohio", "OH"], ["Oklahoma", "OK"], 
["Oregon", "OR"], ["Pennsylvania", "PA"], ["Rhode Island", "RI"], ["South Carolina", "SC"], ["South Dakota", "SD"], 
["Tennessee", "TN"], ["Texas", "TX"], ["Utah", "UT"], ["Virginia", "VA"], ["Vermont", "VT"], 
["Washington", "WA"], ["Wisconsin", "WI"], ["West Virginia", "WV"], ["Wyoming", "WY"]]
@@countries =

from siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/CLASS.XLS

["Afghanistan", "Albania", "Algeria", "American Samoa", "Andorra", "Angola", "Antigua and Barbuda", "Argentina", "Armenia", "Aruba", "Australia", 
"Austria", "Azerbaijan", "Bahamas, The", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Barbados", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Belize", "Benin", "Bermuda", "Bhutan", 
"Bolivia", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Botswana", "Brazil", "Brunei Darussalam", "Bulgaria", "Burkina Faso", "Burundi", "Cambodia", "Cameroon", 
"Canada", "Cape Verde", "Cayman Islands", "Central African Republic", "Chad", "Channel Islands", "Chile", "China", "Colombia", "Comoros", "Congo, Dem. Rep.", 
"Congo, Rep.", "Costa Rica", "Côte d'Ivoire", "Croatia", "Cuba", "Cyprus", "Czech Republic", "Denmark", "Djibouti", "Dominica", "Dominican Republic", "Ecuador", 
"Egypt, Arab Rep.", "El Salvador", "Equatorial Guinea", "Eritrea", "Estonia", "Ethiopia", "Faeroe Islands", "Fiji", "Finland", "France", "French Polynesia", 
"Gabon", "Gambia, The", "Georgia", "Germany", "Ghana", "Greece", "Greenland", "Grenada", "Guam", "Guatemala", "Guinea", "Guinea-Bissau", "Guyana", "Haiti", 
"Honduras", "Hong Kong, China", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Indonesia", "Iran, Islamic Rep.", "Iraq", "Ireland", "Isle of Man", "Israel", "Italy", "Jamaica", 
"Japan", "Jordan", "Kazakhstan", "Kenya", "Kiribati", "Korea, Dem. Rep.", "Korea, Rep.", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyz Republic", "Lao PDR", "Latvia", "Lebanon", "Lesotho", 
"Liberia", "Libya", "Liechtenstein", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Macao, China", "Macedonia, FYR", "Madagascar", "Malawi", "Malaysia", "Maldives", "Mali", "Malta", 
"Marshall Islands", "Mauritania", "Mauritius", "Mayotte", "Mexico", "Micronesia, Fed. Sts.", "Moldova", "Monaco", "Mongolia", "Montenegro", "Morocco", 
"Mozambique", "Myanmar", "Namibia", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "Netherlands Antilles", "New Caledonia", "New Zealand", "Nicaragua", "Niger", "Nigeria", 
"Northern Mariana Islands", "Norway", "Oman", "Pakistan", "Palau", "Panama", "Papua New Guinea", "Paraguay", "Peru", "Philippines", "Poland", "Portugal",
"Puerto Rico", "Qatar", "Romania", "Russian Federation", "Rwanda", "Samoa", "San Marino", "São Tomé and Principe", "Saudi Arabia", "Senegal", "Serbia", 
"Seychelles", "Sierra Leone", "Singapore", "Slovak Republic", "Slovenia", "Solomon Islands", "Somalia", "South Africa", "Spain", "Sri Lanka", "St. Kitts and Nevis", 
"St. Lucia", "St. Vincent and the Grenadines", "Sudan", "Suriname", "Swaziland", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Syrian Arab Republic", "Tajikistan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", 
"Timor-Leste", "Togo", "Tonga", "Trinidad and Tobago", "Tunisia", "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "Uganda", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", 
"United States", "Uruguay", "Uzbekistan", "Vanuatu", "Venezuela, RB", "Vietnam", "Virgin Islands (U.S.)", "West Bank and Gaza", "Yemen, Rep.", "Zambia", "Zimbabwe"]
@@cities = 
%w(Midway Mount\ Pleasant Greenwood Franklin Oak Grove Centerville Salem Georgetown Fairview Riverside Rotorua Tauranga Whakatane Taupo Wanganui 
Nababeep Aggeneys Pofadder Polokwane Bela Bela Goukamma Karatara Tswane Prieska Upington Hoopstad Bultfontein Wesselsbron Bothaville Trompsburg 
Henneman Musina Ogies Kgatlahong Tembisa Tekoza Sebokeng Muntaung Umnkomaaz)

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#address_line_1 ⇒ Object Also known as: us_address_line_1

Returns the first line of a US maiiling address (street number, street name, street type)

Example:

Random.address_line_1 = “24317 Jefferson Blvd”



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# File 'lib/random_data/locations.rb', line 27

def address_line_1
  "#{rand(40000)} #{@@streetnames.rand} #{@@street_types.rand}"
end

#address_line_2 ⇒ Object

Returns the first line of a US maiiling address (street number, street name, street type)

Example:

Random.address_line_1 = “24317 Jefferson Blvd”



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# File 'lib/random_data/locations.rb', line 41

def address_line_2
  "#{@@line2types.rand} #{rand(999)}"    
end

#city ⇒ Object

Returns a generic city name, with an attempt to have some internationl appeal

Random.city = “Tekoza”



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# File 'lib/random_data/locations.rb', line 130

def city
  @@cities.rand
end

#country ⇒ Object

Returns a country name, as listed by the World Bank

Random.country = “Kenya”



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# File 'lib/random_data/locations.rb', line 118

def country
  @@countries.rand
end

#state_code ⇒ Object

Returns a state 2-character abbreviation Random.state_code = “IL”



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# File 'lib/random_data/locations.rb', line 83

def state_code
  @@us_states.rand[1]
end

#state_full ⇒ Object

Returns a full state name Random.state_full = “Texas”



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# File 'lib/random_data/locations.rb', line 90

def state_full
  @@us_states.rand[0]   
end

#uk_post_code ⇒ Object

Returns a string providing something in the general form of a UK post code. Like the zip codes, this might not actually be valid. Doesn’t cover London whose codes are like “SE1”.



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# File 'lib/random_data/locations.rb', line 56

def uk_post_code
  post_towns = %w(BM CB CV LE LI LS KT MK NE OX PL YO)
  # Can't remember any othes at the moment
  number_1  = rand(100).to_s
  number_2  = rand(100).to_s
  # Easier way to do this? 
  letters = ("AA".."ZZ").to_a.rand

  return "#{post_towns.rand}#{number_1} #{number_2}#{letters}"
end

#zipcode ⇒ Object

Returns a random 5-digit string, not guaranteed to be a legitimate zip code. Legal zip codes can have leading zeroes and thus they need to be strings.



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# File 'lib/random_data/locations.rb', line 48

def zipcode
 "%05d" % rand(99999) 
end