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With this code you can make a Random Name Generator

 

One of my friends ask me how he can do this and i make this code to help you make your own.

 

Here is the code :

 

/*
* File: main.c
* Author: Reap3R
*
* Created on September 3, 2012, 1:10 AM
*/

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h> //Needed for strcat()
#include <ctype.h>
//Here I will create an array of prefixes to help generate names.
// I am banking on multiplication to ensure a large number of names
// by using 7 prefixes and 20 stems, and 16 suffixes I should be able to
// create about 7 * 20 * 16 = 2240 names out of 312 bytes of data (In my earlier
// example from the forum I used this code to generate male and female names,
// but here I combined them).
char NamePrefix[][5] = {
"", //who said we need to add a prefix?
"bel", //lets say that means "the good"
"nar", //"The not so good as Bel"
"xan", //"The evil"
"bell", //"the good"
"natr", //"the neutral/natral"
"ev", //Man am I original
};

char NameSuffix[][5] = {
"", "us", "ix", "ox", "ith",
"ath", "um", "ator", "or", "axia",
"imus", "ais", "itur", "orex", "o",
"y"
};

const char NameStems[][10] = {
"adur", "aes", "anim", "apoll", "imac",
"educ", "equis", "extr", "guius", "hann",
"equi", "amora", "hum", "iace", "ille",
"inept", "iuv", "obe", "ocul", "orbis"
};

//Declare the function up here so that we can use it
// note that it does not return a value, rather it
// edits the character passed to it by reference.
void NameGen(char *PlayerName);
char get_Char(void); //little utility function to make getting char input easer...

int main()
{
char Player1Name[21]; //Used to hold our character's name
char cIn; //Used to get user answers to prompts.
srand((long)time(NULL)); //Seed the random number generator...
do
{
NameGen(Player1Name);
printf("Generated Name: %s\n\n", Player1Name);
puts("Would you like to generate another (Y,N): ");
cIn = get_Char();
} while (cIn != 'n' && cIn != 'N');

return 0;
}

//Utility function for input
char get_Char(void)
{
char cIn;
while((cIn = getchar()) return cIn;
}

//The return type is void because we use a pointer to the array holding
// the characters of the name.
void NameGen(char* PlayerName)
{
PlayerName[0]=0; //initialize the string to "" (zero length string).
//add the prefix...
strcat(PlayerName, NamePrefix[(rand() % 7)]);
//add the stem...
strcat(PlayerName, NameStems[(rand() % 20)]);
//add the suffix...
strcat(PlayerName, NameSuffix[(rand() % 16)]);
//Make the first letter capital...
PlayerName[0]=toupper(PlayerName[0]);
return;
}

 

Compile and Run

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