allbery@uunet.UU.NET (Brandon S. Allbery - comp.sources.misc) (03/26/89)
Posting-number: Volume 6, Issue 79
Submitted-by: slocum@hi-csc.UUCP
Archive-name: rndname
This program is a very simple random name generator for use
with roleplaying games. It produces surprisingly good names
for the very simple method used. The names tend to be exotic,
since 'X' and 'Z' have the same chance of coming up as 'T' and
'N'. Many of the names have a Japanese or African flavor. Some
of my favorites came in the first page generated: Zozaras, Lyxam,
Rux, and Zelica.
The program 'name.c' produces the names, and two scripts are
included to formats them into pages: names.csh and names.sh,
for C-shell and Bourne shell, respectively. Instructions for
changing the distribution of letters are given in comments in
name.c.
These programs have been tested on an Apollo DN330 with both
BSD4.2 and Sys V, and on BSD4.3. The makefile and names.csh
script have Sys V versions commented out. The changes for
MS-DOS similar to the ones used here have been tested, but
the specific changes for MS-DOS in this program have not.
Send any changes or updates to me:
Brett Slocum UUCP: ...uunet!hi-csc!slocum
Arpa: hi-csc!slocum@uunet.uu.net
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
#--------------------------------CUT HERE-------------------------------------
# This is a shell archive. Remove anything before this line, then
# unpack it by saving it in a file and typing "sh file". (Files
# unpacked will be owned by you and have default permissions.)
#
# This archive contains:
# README Makefile name.c names.csh names.sh
echo x - README
cat > "README" << '//E*O*F README//'
This program is a very simple random name generator for use
with roleplaying games. It produces surprisingly good names
for the very simple method used. The names tend to be exotic,
since 'X' and 'Z' have the same chance of coming up as 'T' and
'N'. Many of the names have a Japanese or African flavor. Some
of my favorites came in the first page generated: Zozaras, Lyxam,
Rux, and Zelica.
The program 'name.c' produces the names, and two scripts are
included to formats them into pages: names.csh and names.sh,
for C-shell and Bourne shell, respectively. Instructions for
changing the distribution of letters are given in comments in
name.c.
These programs have been tested on an Apollo DN330 with both
BSD4.2 and Sys V, and on BSD4.3. The makefile and names.csh
script have Sys V versions commented out. The changes for
MS-DOS similar to the ones used here have been tested, but
the specific changes for MS-DOS in this program have not.
Send any changes or updates to me:
Brett Slocum UUCP: ...uunet!hi-csc!slocum
Arpa: hi-csc!slocum@uunet.uu.net
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
//E*O*F README//
echo x - Makefile
cat > "Makefile" << '//E*O*F Makefile//'
# makefile for name.c
#
# Comment out the BSD line if you're on System V
# Comment out the SYSV line if you're using Berkely Unix.
# SYSTEM = -DSYSV
SYSTEM = -DBSD
CFLAGS = -O $(SYSTEM)
name: name.c
cc -o name $(CFLAGS) name.c
//E*O*F Makefile//
echo x - name.c
cat > "name.c" << '//E*O*F name.c//'
/**************************************************************************
* name - prints random names *
* Copyright 1988 by Brett Slocum. All rights reserved. *
* Permission is granted to distribute, modify, or use portions of this *
* code in other programs, as long as this notice remains intact. *
* This program or its derivatives may not be sold for profit without *
* permission. *
* *
* UNIX Version: Brett Slocum UUCP: ...uunet!hi-csc!slocum *
* ARPA: slocum@hi-csc.honeywell.com *
* Changes were suggested by Geoff Kimbrough <geoff@ism780c.isc.com> *
* *
* IBM Microsoft C v5.0 changes by Loyd Blankenship on 11-15-88 *
* UUCP: ...rutgers.edu!cs.utexas.edu!nth!loyd *
* *
* Version 2 by Brett Slocum 3/22/89 : various cleanups, features, etc. *
* *
**************************************************************************/
#ifdef SYSV
#include <string.h>
#define srandom srand48
#define random lrand48
#endif
#ifdef BSD
#include <strings.h>
#endif
#ifdef MSC
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#define srandom srand
#define random rand
#endif
#include <ctype.h>
#define YES 1
#define NO 0
#define MAXNAME 30
#define MINLENGTH 3
#define RANGE 6
#define rnd(n) (unsigned)(random() % (n))
/*
Since "y" appears twice, once in each array, all other
letters, except "'", are doubled to keep the distribution even.
By adding or deleting the letters from these arrays, you
can change the frequency of appearance of the letters,
(i.e. by adding "e" and "t" and deleting "z" and "q",
a distribution closer to English could be made.)
An interesting idea would be to use as many repetitions
of each letter as are found in a Scrabble (tm) game.
*/
char vowels[] = "aaeeiioouuy'";
char cons[] = "bbccddffgghhjjkkllmmnnppqqrrssttvvwwxxyzz'";
main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
int n, letters, vowel;
char name[MAXNAME];
if (argc == 2) {
/* initialize random number generator */
srandom(time(0L));
/* generate argv[1] names */
for (n = atoi(argv[1]); n > 0; n--) {
name[0] = '\0';
/* choose whether first character is a vowel */
vowel = (rnd(2) ? YES : NO);
/* get initial character - not " ' " */
if (vowel)
strncat(name, &vowels[rnd(sizeof(vowels) - 2)], 1);
else
strncat(name, &cons[rnd(sizeof(cons) - 2)], 1);
/* upper case first letter */
name[0] = _toupper(name[0]);
/* complete rest of letters */
for (letters = rnd(RANGE) + MINLENGTH; letters > 0; letters--) {
/* alternate vowels and consonants */
vowel = ( vowel ? NO : YES );
/* get next character */
if (vowel)
strncat(name, &vowels[rnd(sizeof(vowels)-1)], 1);
else
strncat(name, &cons[rnd(sizeof(cons)-1)], 1);
}
printf("%s\n", name);
}
}
else
printf("Usage: name number-of-names\n");
}
//E*O*F name.c//
echo x - names.csh
cat > "names.csh" << '//E*O*F names.csh//'
#! /bin/csh
# names - generate random names
#
# usage: names [pages]
# bsd script -- uncomment these lines if bsd
if ($#argv == 0) then
name 336 | sort -u | pr -6 | expand
else
@ n = 336 * $1
name $n | sort -u | pr -6 | expand
endif
# sysv script -- uncomment these lines if sysv
# note: no tab expansion performed
#if ($#argv == 0) then
# name 336 | sort -u | pr -6
#else
# @ n = 336 * $1
# name $n | sort -u | pr -6
#endif
//E*O*F names.csh//
echo x - names.sh
cat > "names.sh" << '//E*O*F names.sh//'
if [ $# = 0 ]
then
name 336 | sort -u | pr -6
else
n=`expr 336 \* $1`
name $n | sort -u | pr -6
fi
//E*O*F names.sh//
exit 0