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Superhero name generator. GPL'd or whatever. Can't be bothered to paste the license.
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#define a method for each part of speech that returns a word at pseudorandom | |
def adjective | |
#we get the 0th (first) element of the array after it has been shuffled, resulting in a sort of random selector | |
['Incredible', 'Unstoppable', 'Unflappable', 'Amazing', 'Scrumtrilescent', 'Purple', 'Bioluminescent'].shuffle[0] | |
end | |
def pronoun | |
['Man', 'Woman', 'Boy', 'Girl'].shuffle[0] | |
end | |
def animal | |
['Bat', 'Wolf', 'Wolverine', 'Donkey', 'Spider', 'Monkey'].shuffle[0] | |
end | |
def definite_article | |
'The' | |
end | |
def noun | |
['Flash', 'Nerd', 'Tick'].shuffle[0] | |
end | |
#threads, because why not? | |
$threadstack = Array.new | |
100.times { | |
#create 100 threads | |
$threadstack.push(Thread.new { | |
#choose a random sentence template and output the result | |
puts ["#{adjective} #{pronoun}", "#{animal} #{pronoun}", "#{definite_article} #{noun}", "#{definite_article} #{adjective} #{animal}", "#{definite_article} #{adjective} #{noun}", "#{definite_article} #{adjective} #{animal} #{pronoun}"].shuffle[0] | |
}) | |
} | |
$threadstack.each { |t| | |
#wait for the threads to complete | |
t.join | |
} |
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