crux · July 12, 2012 08:13 · Jul 12, 2012
diff --git a/hostnamr.rb b/hostnamr.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+Hiragana = %w{
+    a   i   u   e   o
+    ka  ki  ku  ke  ko  
+    sa  shi su  se  so
+    ta  chi tsu te  to
+    na  ni  nu  ne  no
+    ha  hi  hu  he  ho
+    ma  mi  mu  me  mo  
+    ya      yu      yo
+    ra  ri  ru  re  ro
+    wa              o
+    n
+}
+
+class Hash
+    # _why's hash implant with a twist: throws a NoMethodError instead
+    # returning nil for non-existing keys
+    def method_missing(m,*a)
+        if m.to_s =~ /=$/
+            self[$`.to_sym] = a[0]
+        elsif a.empty?
+            self[m]
+        else
+            raise NoMethodError, "#{m}"
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+Defaults = {:count => 3, :join => '-'}
+def doit para = nil
+    para = Defaults.merge(para || {})
+    #puts "syllables count: #{para.count}"
+    (0..para[:count]-1).to_a.map {Hiragana[rand(Hiragana.length)]}.join(para.join)
+end
+
+def usage
+    puts "usage: #{$0} [ <syllable count> ]"
+    exit
+end
+
+if __FILE__ == $0
+    syllable_count = Integer(ARGV[0] && ARGV.shift.to_s || 3) rescue usage
+    join = ARGV.shift || Defaults.join
+    puts "#{doit :join => join, :count => syllable_count}"
+end
No results found