LoremProvider: LoremProvider

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LoremProvider

Description

lorem ipsum methods for generating random words in a language. Lorem Ipsum is a placeholder text commonly used to demonstrate the visual form of a document or a typeface without relying on meaningful content.

Super classes

charlatan::BareProvider -> charlatan::BaseProvider -> LoremProvider

Methods

Public methods

• LoremProvider$new()

• LoremProvider$word()

• LoremProvider$words()

• LoremProvider$sentence()

• LoremProvider$sentences()

• LoremProvider$paragraph()

• LoremProvider$paragraphs()

• LoremProvider$text()

• LoremProvider$clone()

Inherited methods

• charlatan::BareProvider$bothify()
• charlatan::BareProvider$lexify()
• charlatan::BareProvider$numerify()
• charlatan::BareProvider$random_digit()
• charlatan::BareProvider$random_digit_not_zero()
• charlatan::BareProvider$random_digit_not_zero_or_empty()
• charlatan::BareProvider$random_digit_or_empty()
• charlatan::BareProvider$random_element()
• charlatan::BareProvider$random_element_prob()
• charlatan::BareProvider$random_int()
• charlatan::BareProvider$random_letter()
• charlatan::BareProvider$randomize_nb_elements()
• charlatan::BaseProvider$allowed_locales()
• charlatan::BaseProvider$check_locale()
• charlatan::BaseProvider$print()

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Method new()

Create a new LoremProvider object

Usage

LoremProvider$new(sentence_punctuation = ".", word_connector = " ")

Arguments

sentence_punctuation

(character) End of sentence punctuation

word_connector

(character) Default connector between words

Returns

A new LoremProvider object

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Method word()

Generate a random word

Usage

LoremProvider$word(ext_words = NULL)

Arguments

ext_words

a character vector of words you would like to have instead of "Lorem ipsum"

Returns

a single word

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Method words()

Generate a character vector of random words

Usage

LoremProvider$words(nb = 3, ext_words = NULL)

Arguments

nb

(integer) how many words to return

ext_words

a character vector of words you would like to have instead of "Lorem ipsum"

Returns

many words

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Method sentence()

Generate a random sentence

Usage

LoremProvider$sentence(
  nb_words = 6,
  variable_nb_words = TRUE,
  ext_words = NULL
)

Arguments

nb_words

(integer) around how many words the sentence should contain

variable_nb_words

set to FALSE if you want exactly nb words returned, otherwise the result may include a number of words of nb +/-40% (with a minimum of 1)

ext_words

a character vector of words you would like to have instead of "Lorem ipsum"

Returns

a single sentence

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Method sentences()

Generate a character vector of random sentences

Usage

LoremProvider$sentences(nb = 3, ext_words = NULL)

Arguments

nb

(integer) how many sentences to return

ext_words

a character vector of words you would like to have instead of "Lorem ipsum"

Returns

many sentences

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Method paragraph()

Generate a single paragraph

Usage

LoremProvider$paragraph(
  nb_sentences = 3,
  variable_nb_sentences = TRUE,
  ext_words = NULL
)

Arguments

nb_sentences

(integer) around how many sentences the paragraph should contain

variable_nb_sentences

set to FALSE if you want exactly nb sentences returned, otherwise the result may include a number of sentences of nb +/-40% (with a minimum of 1)

ext_words

a character vector of words you would like to have instead of "Lorem ipsum"

Returns

a single paragraph

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Method paragraphs()

Generate many paragraphs

Usage

LoremProvider$paragraphs(nb = 3, ext_words = NULL)

Arguments

nb

(integer) how many paragraphs to return

ext_words

a character vector of words you would like to have instead of "Lorem ipsum"

Returns

many paragraphs

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Method text()

Generate a random text string. Depending on the max_nb_chars, returns a string made of words, sentences, or paragraphs.

Usage

LoremProvider$text(max_nb_chars = 200, ext_words = NULL)

Arguments

max_nb_chars

Maximum number of characters the text should contain (minimum 5)

ext_words

a character vector of words you would like to have instead of "Lorem ipsum"

Returns

character string of words

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Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

LoremProvider$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Note

You cannot instantiate the Parent providers. You must use one of the localized one.

See Also

Other ParentProviders: AddressProvider, ColorProvider, CompanyProvider, InternetProvider, JobProvider, PersonProvider, PhoneNumberProvider, TaxonomyProvider, UserAgentProvider

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