make_english_names: Generates a random name from a list of common English words.

In proceduralnames: Several Methods for Procedural Name Generation

Generates a random name from a list of common English words.

Description

This function generates 'n' random names, each a combination of 'n_words' words selected from [common_words].

Usage

make_english_names(
  n,
  n_words = 3,
  retry = FALSE,
  sep = "_",
  case = c("lower", "upper", "title")
)

Arguments

n	The number of random names to be generated.
n_words	The number of words to combine into a name.
retry	If 'TRUE', a random integer between 1 and 10 is appended to each generated name.
sep	A character string to separate the terms. Not 'NA_character_'.
case	One of either "lower", "upper", or "title". The capitalization to use for each word.

Value

A character vector of length 'n' of random names, each composed of 'n_word' terms capitalized according to 'case' separated by 'sep'. Note that names are not guaranteed to be unique.

Examples

make_english_names(1, n_words = 2)
make_english_names(2, retry = TRUE)

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