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Name Generator
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<strong>Markov Team Name Generator</strong>
<br />
<button id="get-markov-name">Get Name</button>
<p>First table shows names generated by creating a first name starting with the most common first two letters, and a last name starting with the most common first two letters.</p>
<table border=1>
<thead>
<th>Max name length 15 characters</th>
<th>Using Average Name Length</th>
<th>No Max Length</th>
</thead>
<tbody id="output"></tbody>
</table>
<p>Second table creates names where the first name starts with a random pair of first letters and same case for the last name.</p>
<table border=1>
<thead>
<th>Max name length 15 characters</th>
<th>Using Average Name Length</th>
<th>No Max Length</th>
</thead>
<tbody id="output-arbitrary"></tbody>
</table>
<a href="https://gist.github.com/master5o1/ae3fe23d8b6e0e5a36d1">gist source</a> on github
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
document.getElementById('get-markov-name').onclick = team;
function team() {
var players = [
['Brendon', 'McCullum'],
['Kane', 'Williamson'],
['Ross', 'Taylor'],
['Martin', 'Guptill'],
['Hamish', 'Rutherford'],
['Dean', 'Brownlie'],
['Colin', 'Munro'],
['Tom', 'Latham'],
['BJ', 'Watling'],
['Luke', 'Ronchi'],
['Corey', 'Anderson'],
['Grant', 'Elliott'],
['Nathan', 'McCullum'],
['Anton', 'Devcich'],
['Jimmy', 'Neesham'],
['Daniel', 'Vettori'],
['Pace', 'Bowlers'],
['Trent', 'Boult'],
['Doug', 'Bracewell'],
['Mitchell', 'McClenaghan'],
['Kyle', 'Mills'],
['Tim', 'Southee'],
['Neil', 'Wagner'],
['Hamish', 'Bennett'],
['Andrew', 'Ellis'],
['Matt', 'Henry'],
['Adam', 'Milne'],
['Ish', 'Sodhi'],
['Mark', 'Craig']
];
var firstNames = players.map(function (player) {
return player[0];
});
var lastNames = players.map(function (player) {
return player[1];
});
var html = '';
html = '<tr>';
html = addHtml(html, firstNames, lastNames, 15);
html = addHtml(html, firstNames, lastNames, true);
html = addHtml(html, firstNames, lastNames, Infinity);
html += '</tr>';
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML += html;
html = '<tr>';
html = addHtml(html, firstNames, lastNames, 15, true);
html = addHtml(html, firstNames, lastNames, true, true);
html = addHtml(html, firstNames, lastNames, Infinity, true);
html += '</tr>';
document.getElementById('output-arbitrary').innerHTML += html;
}
function addHtml(html, firstNames, lastNames, maxLength, useRandomFirstLetters) {
firstName = processList(firstNames, maxLength, useRandomFirstLetters);
lastName = processList(lastNames, maxLength, useRandomFirstLetters);
return html + '<td>' + firstName + ' ' + lastName + '</td>';
}
function processList(namesList, useAverageNameLength, useRandomFirstLetters) {
var firstTwoLetters = mode(namesList.map(function (name) {
return name.substring(0, 2);
}));
if (useRandomFirstLetters) {
firstTwoLetters = pickRandomly(namesList.map(function (name) {
return name.substring(0, 2);
}));
}
var avgNameLength = avg(namesList.map(function (name) {
return name.length;
}));
var markov = processWords(namesList);
if (useAverageNameLength === true) {
return buildString(markov, firstTwoLetters, avgNameLength);
}
return buildString(markov, firstTwoLetters, useAverageNameLength);
}
function processWords(words) {
var dict = {};
for (var i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
dict = generateMarkov(words[i], dict);
}
return dict;
}
function generateMarkov(letters, dict) {
var i, key, letter, first, second, third;
i = 0;
first = letters[i++];
second = letters[i++];
while (i < letters.length) {
third = letters[i++];
key = first + second;
dict[key] = dict[key] || [];
dict[key].push(third);
first = second;
second = third;
}
return dict;
}
function buildString(dict, start, maxLength) {
var dictKeys = Object.keys(dict);
var key = start;
var str = start;
while (typeof dict[key] !== 'undefined' && str.length < maxLength) {
var value = dict[key];
var third = pickRandomly(value);
str = str + third;
key = key.split('')[1] + third;
}
return str;
}
function mode(list) {
var frequency, items;
frequency = {};
list.forEach(function (item) {
this[item] = this[item] || 0;
this[item] = this[item] + 1;
}, frequency);
items = Object.keys(frequency);
items.sort(function (a, b) {
return frequency[b] - frequency[a];
});
return items[0];
}
function pickRandomly(list) {
var index = Math.round(Math.random() * list.length) % list.length;
return list[index];
}
function avg(list) {
var sum = list.reduce(function (p, c) {
return p + c;
}, 0);
var total = list.length;
return Math.round(sum / total);
}
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