Class: NameGenerator

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/name_generator.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(follower_letters, min_length = 3, max_length = 9) ⇒ NameGenerator

Returns a new instance of NameGenerator.



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# File 'lib/name_generator.rb', line 2

def initialize(follower_letters, min_length = 3, max_length = 9)
  @min_word_length = min_length
  @max_word_length = max_length
  @follower_letters = follower_letters
end

Instance Method Details

#generate_name(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/name_generator.rb', line 8

def generate_name(word)
  last_pair = word[-2, 2]
  letter = @follower_letters[last_pair].slice(rand(@follower_letters[last_pair].length), 1)
  if word =~ /\s$/
    return word[0, @max_word_length] unless word.length <= @min_word_length
    return generate_name(word[-1, 1]+letter)
  else
    word = word.gsub(/^\s/, '')
    return generate_name(word+letter)
  end
end

#generate_names(start_pairs, count = 10) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/name_generator.rb', line 20

def generate_names(start_pairs, count = 10)
  names = []
  count.times do |i|
    names.push(generate_name(start_pairs[rand start_pairs.length]).capitalize)
  end
  return names
end