generate-heroku-name.cpp

#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <list>

using namespace std;
string random_word(string path) {
  ifstream file(path);
  ifstream fileForRead(path);
  string result;
  string s;

  file.unsetf(ios_base::skipws);
  unsigned line_count =
      count(istream_iterator<char>(file), istream_iterator<char>(), '\n');

  /* initialize random seed: */
  srand(time(NULL));

  /* generate secret number between 1 and number of lines in the file: */
  int iSecret = rand() % line_count + 1;

  int i = 0;
  while (getline(fileForRead, s)) {
    if (i == iSecret) {
      result = s;
    }
    ++i;
  }
  return result;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  string noun = random_word(
      "/Users/marius/tmp/heroku-name-generator/dictionaries/nouns.txt");
  string adjective = random_word(
      "/Users/marius/tmp/heroku-name-generator/dictionaries/adjectives.txt");
  transform(noun.begin(), noun.end(), noun.begin(), ::tolower);
  transform(adjective.begin(), adjective.end(), adjective.begin(), ::tolower);
  cout << adjective << "-" << noun << "\n";
  return 0;
}