Diceware generator written by chatGPT

chatgpt.js

// this was written by chatGPT with coaching and feedback from me. The final output runs without any modification
import fs from 'fs';
import crypto from 'crypto';

// Generate a random five digit number where each digit is between 1 and 6
function generateRandomNumber() {
    let number = '';

    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        number += crypto.randomBytes(1).readUInt8(0) % 6 + 1;
    }

    return number;
}

// Read the wordlist file and return the resulting object
function readWordlist() {
    // Read the wordlist file
    const data = fs.readFileSync('eff_large_wordlist.txt', 'utf8');

    // Split the file into lines
    const lines = data.split('\n');

    // Create an object to store the wordlist
    const wordlist = {};

    // Iterate over each line
    lines.forEach(line => {
        // Split the line on the space character
        const [key, value] = line.split('\t');

        // Add the key-value pair to the wordlist object
        wordlist[key] = value;
    });

    return wordlist;
}

// Generate and return a random word
function generateRandomWord() {
    const wordlist = readWordlist();
    const number = generateRandomNumber();
    return wordlist[number];
}

// Generate and print a random phrase
function main() {
    // Read the number of times to run the loop from the first command line argument
    const numIterations = process.argv[2] || 6;

    let phrase = '';

    for (let i = 0; i < numIterations; i++) {
        phrase += generateRandomWord() + ' ';
    }

    console.log(phrase);
}

main();