emailGen_function.py

def emailGen(name, duplicateFound=False):
    """
    Generates a random email address based on the given name. 
    Adds a number at the end if a duplicate address was found.
    """
    # Fake domain name to use
    dom = "@fakemail.com"
    
    # Lowercasing and splitting
    name = name.lower().split(" ")
    
    # Random character to insert in the name
    chars = [".", "_"]
    
    new_name = name[0] + random.choice(chars) + name[1] 
    
    # Further distinguishing the email if a duplicate was found
    if duplicateFound:
        
        # Random number to insert at the end
        num = random.randint(0,100)
        
        # Inserting at the end
        new_name = new_name + str(num)
        
    # Returning the email address with the domain name attached
    return new_name + dom