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June 2, 2017 22:57
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A simple way to generate random sentences using NSSpellChecker.
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import AppKit | |
let filteredWords = Set<String>(["app", "apps"]) | |
let questionPrefixes = Set<String>([ | |
"Which", "What", "Who", "Whom", "Whose", "Where", "When", "How", "Why", "Can", | |
"May", "Will", "Is", "Do", "Shall", "Has", "Must", "Would", "Could", "Should" | |
]) | |
extension String { | |
func addingRandomCompletion(maximumIndex: Int? = 4) -> String { | |
let completions = NSSpellChecker.shared().completions( | |
forPartialWordRange: NSRange(location: (self as NSString).length, length: 0), | |
in: self, language: "en", inSpellDocumentWithTag: 0)! | |
.filter { filteredWords.contains($0) == false } | |
var upperIndexBound = completions.count | |
if let mi = maximumIndex { upperIndexBound = min(mi+1, completions.count) } | |
return self + completions[Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(upperIndexBound)))] | |
} | |
func lexicalClassTags() -> [String] { | |
return linguisticTags(in: startIndex ..< endIndex, scheme: "LexicalClass", | |
options: [.joinNames, .omitWhitespace]) | |
} | |
} | |
func randomSentence() -> String { | |
var s = "" | |
while true { | |
s = s.addingRandomCompletion(maximumIndex: s.isEmpty ? nil : 3) | |
let ltags = s.lexicalClassTags() | |
if ltags.count > 3 && ltags.last == "Noun" && ltags.contains("Verb") && arc4random() & 7 > 0 { | |
return s + (questionPrefixes.contains(where: { s.hasPrefix($0) }) ? "?" : ".") | |
} else { | |
s += " " | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
for _ in 0 ..< 10 { | |
print(randomSentence() + "\n") | |
} |
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