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Generate random data that is almost pronouncable
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module Main where | |
import System.Random | |
import Data.Char | |
names :: [[Char]] | |
names = ["Onk", "Ponk", "Erk", "Wonk", "Plark", "Pan", "Ork", | |
"Plerk", "Sha", "Noc", "Toc", "Wop", "Pap", "Shn", "Agh", | |
"Pert", "Munk", "Shton", "a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "Gert", "Onx", | |
"Ink", "Mank"] | |
fragment :: Int -> [Char] | |
fragment num = names !! num | |
fragments :: RandomGen g => g -> [[Char]] | |
fragments g = let limit = (length names) - 1 | |
in take 3 $ map fragment (randomRs (0, limit) g :: [Int]) | |
combined :: [[Char]] -> [Char] | |
combined = foldl (++) "" | |
capitalize :: [Char] -> [Char] | |
capitalize (x:xs) = (toUpper x) : (map toLower xs) | |
capitalize [] = [] | |
main :: IO () | |
main = do g <- getStdGen | |
putStr $ capitalize $ combined $ fragments g |
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Hammerspoon script to dump the generated gobbledegook to the keyboard :