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random heroku-like name generator
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haiku
haiku = ->
adjs = [
"autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark",
"summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter",
"patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue",
"billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green",
"long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old",
"red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "throbbing", "shy",
"wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary",
"fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine",
"polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"
]
nouns = [
"waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning",
"snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter",
"forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook",
"butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly",
"feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness",
"snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder",
"violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun",
"wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper",
"frog", "smoke", "star"
]
rnd = Math.floor(Math.random()*Math.pow(2,12))
"#{adjs[rnd>>6%64]}_#{nouns[rnd%64]}"
console.log haiku()
@arelangi

arelangi commented Mar 29, 2016

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In Go:

package main

import (
        "fmt"
        "math/rand"
        "time"
)

var (
        adjs  = []string{"autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark", "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter", "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue", "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green", "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old", "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "throbbing", "shy", "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary", "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine", "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"}
        nouns = []string{"waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning", "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter", "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook", "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly", "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness", "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder", "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun", "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper", "frog", "smoke", "star"}
)

func generateName() string {
        r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
        return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%d", adjs[r.Intn(len(adjs))], nouns[r.Intn(len(nouns))], r.Intn(9999-1000)+1000)
}

Output

> bold-brook-4866
> proud-wood-2799
> cold-snow-8062

@shanev

shanev commented Apr 10, 2016

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In Swift:

import Foundation

extension Int {
    static func random(range: Range<Int> ) -> Int {
        var offset = 0

        if range.startIndex < 0   // allow negative ranges
        {
            offset = abs(range.startIndex)
        }

        let mini = UInt32(range.startIndex + offset)
        let maxi = UInt32(range.endIndex   + offset)

        return Int(mini + arc4random_uniform(maxi - mini)) - offset
    }
}

extension Array {
    func randomItem() -> Element {
        let index = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(self.count)))
        return self[index]
    }
}

struct NameGenerator {
    let adjs = ["autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark",
                "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter",
                "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue",
                "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green",
                "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old",
                "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "throbbing", "shy",
                "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary",
                "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine",
                "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"
    ]
    let nouns = ["waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning",
                 "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter",
                 "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook",
                 "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly",
                 "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness",
                 "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder",
                 "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun",
                 "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper",
                 "frog", "smoke", "star"
    ]

    func generate() -> String {
        let randomInt = Int.random(1...99)
        let randomAdj = adjs.randomItem()
        let randomNoun = nouns.randomItem()
        return "\(randomAdj)-\(randomNoun)-\(randomInt)"
    }

}

@joonas-fi

joonas-fi commented Jun 12, 2016

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Awesome stuff, guys! Might use this for generating server hostnames!

@nwjlyons

nwjlyons commented Jun 23, 2016 •
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I made a bookmarklet out of this which generates a name and copies it to your clipboard. https://gist.github.com/nwjlyons/61b6c5680c53d7da8baf7245aac7a970

Only tested in Chrome Version 51.0.2704.103 (64-bit) on OSX

@wmcraver

wmcraver commented Aug 20, 2016

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Jut found this and love it. I forked it and made it work in R.

@EDDYMENS

EDDYMENS commented Sep 28, 2016

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In PHP

<?php

$adjs = [
    "autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark",
    "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter",
    "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue",
    "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green",
    "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old",
    "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "throbbing", "shy",
    "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary",
    "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine",
    "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"
 ];

$nouns = [
    "waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning",
    "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter",
    "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook",
    "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly",
    "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness",
    "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder",
    "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun",
    "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper",
    "frog", "smoke", "star"
];

function generate_name($adjs, $nouns, $separator='-') {
    $num  = intval(rand(2,3)*pow(5,5));
    $adj  = $adjs[array_rand($adjs, 1)];
    $noun = $nouns[array_rand($nouns, 1)];
    return $adj.$separator.$noun.$separator.$num;
}

echo generate_name($adjs, $nouns);

@alandipert

alandipert commented Oct 25, 2016

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In Bash (with shuf):

#!/usr/bin/env bash

ADJS=(autumn hidden bitter misty silent empty dry dark summer icy delicate quiet white cool spring winter patient twilight dawn crimson wispy weathered blue billowing broken cold damp falling frosty green long late lingering bold little morning muddy old red rough still small sparkling shy wandering withered wild black young holy solitary fragrant aged snowy proud floral restless divine)

NOUNS=(waterfall river breeze moon rain wind sea morning snow lake sunset pine shadow leaf dawn glitter forest hill cloud meadow sun glade bird brook butterfly bush dew dust field fire flower firefly feather grass haze mountain night pond darkness snowflake silence sound sky shape surf thunder violet water wildflower wave water resonance sun wood dream cherry tree fog frost voice paper)

sample() {
  eval "echo \${$1[\$RANDOM%\${#$1[@]}]}"
}

printf "%s-%s-%s\n"   \
       $(sample ADJS) \
       $(sample NOUNS)\
       $(shuf -i 1000-9999 -n1)

@mccarthy

mccarthy commented Nov 11, 2016

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JavaScript / Node

adjs = [
  "autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark",
  "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter",
  "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue",
  "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green",
  "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old",
  "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "wobbling", "shy",
  "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary",
  "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine",
  "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"
]
nouns = [
  "waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning",
  "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter",
  "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook",
  "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly",
  "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness",
  "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder",
  "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun",
  "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper",
  "frog", "smoke", "star"
]

var adj = adjs[Math.floor(Math.random()*adjs.length)];
var noun = nouns[Math.floor(Math.random()*nouns.length)];
var name = adj + '-' + noun + '-' + randomInt(1, 999);
console.log(name);

function randomInt (low, high) {
    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (high - low) + low);
}

@huijari

huijari commented May 8, 2017

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ES6 🙃

const adjs = [
  "autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark",
  "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter",
  "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue",
  "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green",
  "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old",
  "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "wobbling", "shy",
  "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary",
  "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine",
  "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless",
];
const nouns = [
  "waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning",
  "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter",
  "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook",
  "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly",
  "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness",
  "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder",
  "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun",
  "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper",
  "frog", "smoke", "star",
];

const random = (high) => Math.floor(Math.random() * high);

const adj = adjs[random(adjs.length)];
const noun = nouns[random(nouns.length)];
const num = random(1000) + 1;

console.log(`${adj}-${noun}-${num}`);
restless-wind-659
little-darkness-664
lively-shadow-57

@ravern

ravern commented Sep 10, 2017 •
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Elixir version :)

defmodule HerokuNameGen do
  @adjectives ~w(autumn hidden bitter misty silent empty dry dark summer icy delicate quiet white cool spring winter patient twilight dawn crimson wispy weathered blue billowing broken cold damp falling frosty green long late lingering bold little morning muddy old red rough still small sparkling shy wandering withered wild black young holy solitary fragrant aged snowy proud floral restless divine)
  @nouns ~w(waterfall river breeze moon rain wind sea morning snow lake sunset pine shadow leaf dawn glitter forest hill cloud meadow sun glade bird brook butterfly bush dew dust field fire flower firefly feather grass haze mountain night pond darkness snowflake silence sound sky shape surf thunder violet water wildflower wave water resonance sun wood dream cherry tree fog frost voice paper)

  def run do
    "#{Enum.random(@adjectives)}-#{Enum.random(@nouns)}-#{(:rand.uniform(9000) + 1000)}"
  end
end

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coryodaniel commented Jun 19, 2018

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Rust version!

extern crate rand;
use rand::prelude::*;

fn main() {
  let mut rng = thread_rng();
  let adjectives = ["autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark", "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter", "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue", "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green", "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old", "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "throbbing", "shy", "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary", "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine", "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"];
  let nouns = ["waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning", "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter", "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook", "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly", "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness", "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder", "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun", "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper", "frog", "smoke", "star"];

  let adjective = adjectives[rng.gen_range(0, adjectives.len())];
  let noun = nouns[rng.gen_range(0, nouns.len())];
  let id = rng.gen_range(1000, 9999);

  println!("{}-{}-{}", adjective, noun, id);
}

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