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randomWord

Thanks to @atk for the "recursive regex"-solution. It is even less than 140 bytes and "inlines" the subset of characters into the function. I think this could be much more interesting than my approach.

function a(b,c,d){d=Math.random()*99;return++c?'aeioubcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz'.charAt(c&1?d%19+5:d%5):Array(b+1).join('.').replace(/./g,a)}
function (
a, // an integer, how long should or word be
b, // an array containing the vowels
c, // an array containing the consonants
d, // word-placeholder
e // random()-placeholder
) {
d = '';
for (a = a>>1 || 1; a--;)
d += c[(e=Math.random()) * c.length | 0] + b[e * b.length | 0];
return d
}
function(a,b,c,d,e){d='';for(a=a>>1||1;a--;)d+=c[(e=Math.random())* c.length |0]+b[e * b.length |0];return d}
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Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2013 Yannick Albert <http://yckart.com>
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{
"name": "randomWord",
"description": 'Generate a "valid" random word with vowels and consonants.',
"keywords": [
"word",
"random",
"generate",
"string",
"lorem"
]
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>randomWord</title>
<div>Expected value: <b>A randomized word with 10 characters.</b></div>
<div>Actual value: <b id="ret"></b></div>
<script>
var randomWord = function(a,b,c,d,e){d='';for(a=a>>1||1;a--;)d+=c[(e=Math.random())* c.length |0]+b[e * b.length |0];return d};
var vowels = 'aeiou'.split('');
var consonants = 'bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz'.split('');
document.getElementById('ret').innerHTML += randomWord(10, vowels, consonants);
</script>
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atk commented Sep 9, 2013

With a little recursive regex magick, we can incorporate vowels and consonants into the function:

function a(b,c,d){d=Math.random()*99;return++c?'aeioubcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz'.charAt(c&1?d%19+5:d%5):Array(b+1).join('.').replace(/./g,a)}

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yckart commented Sep 9, 2013

@atk Awesome! I like your idea, really... Problem is, that not any language has the same subset of foreign characters. So I think it's the better choice to let the user define their own character-set/s. Anyway, your Idea is great, I'll note it in the readme...

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atk commented Sep 9, 2013

In that case, you can at least replace a/2|0 with a>>1

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yckart commented Oct 13, 2013

@atk Good point, updated it!

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subzey commented Nov 14, 2013

@atk, (Array(b+1)+'').replace(/./g,a) would be shorter than Array(b+1).join('.').replace(/./g,a)

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