Markhov Chain Random Name Generator
Language: Python
PLACES=['Afghanistan','Albania','Algeria','Samoa','Andorra','Angola','Anguilla','Antarctica','Antigua','Barbuda','Argentina','Armenia','Aruba','Australia','Austria','Azerbaijan','Bahamas','Bahrain','Bangladesh','Barbados','Belarus','Belgium','Belize','Benin','Bermuda','Bhutan','Bolivia','Bosnia','Herzegovina','Botswana','Bouvet','Brazil','Brunei','Darussalam','Bulgaria','Burkina','Faso','Burundi','Cambodia','Cameroon','Canada','Verde','Cayman','Chad','Chile','China','Colombia','Comoros','Congo','Costa','Rica','Croatia','Cuba','Cyprus','Czech','Denmark','Djibouti','Dominica','Ecuador','Egypt','Salvador','Guinea','Eritrea','Estonia','Ethiopia','Falklands','Faroe','Fiji','Finland','France','Guiana','Polynesia','Gabon','Gambia','Georgia','Germany','Ghana','Gibraltar','Greece','Greenland','Grenada','Guadeloupe','Guam','Guatemala','Guinea','Bissau','Guyana','Haiti','Honduras','Hungary','Iceland','India','Indonesia','Iran','Iraq','Ireland','Israel','Italy','Jamaica','Japan','Jordan','Kazakhstan','Kenya','Kiribati','Kuwait','Kyrgyzstan','Laos','Latvia','Lebanon','Lesotho','Liberia','Libya','Liechtenstein','Lithuania','Luxembourg','Macau','Macedonia','Madagascar','Malawi','Malaysia','Maldives','Mali','Malta','Martinique','Mauritania','Mauritius','Mayotte','Mexico','Moldova','Monaco','Mongolia','Montserrat','Morocco','Mozambique','Myanmar','Namibia','Nauru','Nepal','Netherlands','Caledonia','Zealand','Nicaragua','Niger','Nigeria','Niue','Korea','Mariana','Norway','Oman','Pakistan','Palau','Palestine','Panama','Papua','Paraguay','Peru','Philippines','Pitcairn','Poland','Portugal','Puerto','Rico','Qatar','Reunion','Romania','Russia','Rwanda','Samoa','Marino','Saudi','Arabia','Senegal','Seychelles','Sierra','Leone','Singapore','Slovakia','Slovenia','Somalia','Spain','Sudan','Suriname','Swaziland','Sweden','Switzerland','Syria','Taiwan','Tajikistan','Tanzania','Thailand','Togo','Tokelau','Tonga','Trinidad','Tobago','Tunisia','Turkey','Turkmenistan','Tuvalu','Uganda','Ukraine','Britain','England','Scotland','Wales','America','Uruguay','Uzbekistan','Vanuatu','Vatican','Venezuela','Vietnam','Wallis','Futuna','Sahara','Yemen','Yugoslavia','Zambia','Zimbabwe']
import random
class Mdict:
def __init__(self):
self.d = {}
def __getitem__(self, key):
if key in self.d:
return self.d[key]
else:
raise KeyError(key)
def add_key(self, prefix, suffix):
if prefix in self.d:
self.d[prefix].append(suffix)
else:
self.d[prefix] = [suffix]
def get_suffix(self,prefix):
l = self[prefix]
return random.choice(l)
class MName:
# A name from a Markov chain
def __init__(self, chainlen = 2):
# Building the dictionary
if chainlen > 10 or chainlen < 1:
print "Chain length must be between 1 and 10, inclusive"
sys.exit(0)
self.mcd = Mdict()
oldnames = []
self.chainlen = chainlen
for l in PLACES:
l = l.strip()
oldnames.append(l)
s = " " * chainlen + l
for n in range(0,len(l)):
self.mcd.add_key(s[n:n+chainlen], s[n+chainlen])
self.mcd.add_key(s[len(l):len(l)+chainlen], "\n")
def New(self):
# New name from the Markov chain
prefix = " " * self.chainlen
name = ""
suffix = ""
while True:
suffix = self.mcd.get_suffix(prefix)
if suffix == "\n" or len(name) > 9:
break
else:
name = name + suffix
prefix = prefix[1:] + suffix
return name.capitalize()
for i in range(100):
print MName().New()
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