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Dodinas
Dodinas

Reputation: 6805

Ruby on Rails - Add Random Adjective + Noun

I am using Rails 4, and I came across this cool gist the other day.

Any way, how would I do something similar with Rails where I can randomly choose from two arrays to generate a somewhat-unique name?

I know there are Gems for this (e.g., Bazaar and Faker). But I like the idea of using my own simple list.

Any help on how to get this started would be fabulous.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 555

Answers (2)

infused
infused

Reputation: 24337

Here's your haiku method rewritten in Ruby. I shortened the word lists for readability.

def haiku
  adjs = ["autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark"]
  nouns = ["waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning"]

  [adjs.sample, nouns.sample].join('_')
end

puts haiku # returns random combination like "bitter_rain" or "empty_sea"

Upvotes: 5

Mike H-R
Mike H-R

Reputation: 7815

If you want to pick a random element from an array in ruby just use Array#sample.

my_array = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
my_array.sample #gives a random element of the list

Upvotes: 2

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