module RandomData # Methods to create realistic-looking names module Names # Returns a random letter def initial ('A'..'Z').to_a.rand end @@lastnames = %w(ABEL ANDERSON ANDREWS ANTHONY BAKER BROWN BURROWS CLARK CLARKE CLARKSON DAVIDSON DAVIES DAVIS \ DENT EDWARDS GARCIA GRANT HALL HARRIS HARRISON JACKSON JEFFRIES JEFFERSON JOHNSON JONES \ KIRBY KIRK LAKE LEE LEWIS MARTIN MARTINEZ MAJOR MILLER MOORE OATES PETERS PETERSON ROBERTSON \ ROBINSON RODRIGUEZ SMITH SMYTHE STEVENS TAYLOR THATCHER THOMAS THOMPSON WALKER WASHINGTON WHITE \ WILLIAMS WILSON YORKE) # Returns a random lastname # # >> Random.lastname # # "Harris" def lastname @@lastnames.rand.capitalize end @@male_first_names = %w(ADAM ANTHONY ARTHUR BRIAN CHARLES CHRISTOPHER DANIEL DAVID DONALD EDGAR EDWARD EDWIN \ GEORGE HAROLD HERBERT HUGH JAMES JASON JOHN JOSEPH KENNETH KEVIN MARCUS MARK MATTHEW \ MICHAEL PAUL PHILIP RICHARD ROBERT ROGER RONALD SIMON STEVEN TERRY THOMAS WILLIAM) @@female_first_names = %w(ALISON ANN ANNA ANNE BARBARA BETTY BERYL CAROL CHARLOTTE CHERYL DEBORAH DIANA DONNA \ DOROTHY ELIZABETH EVE FELICITY FIONA HELEN HELENA JENNIFER JESSICA JUDITH KAREN KIMBERLY \ LAURA LINDA LISA LUCY MARGARET MARIA MARY MICHELLE NANCY PATRICIA POLLY ROBYN RUTH SANDRA \ SARAH SHARON SUSAN TABITHA URSULA VICTORIA WENDY) @@first_names = @@male_first_names + @@female_first_names # Returns a random firstname # # >> Random.firstname # # "Sandra" def firstname @@first_names.rand.capitalize end # Returns a random male firstname # # >> Random.firstname_male # # "James" def firstname_male @@male_first_names.rand.capitalize end # Returns a random female firstname # # >> Random.firstname_female # # "Mary" def firstname_female @@female_first_names.rand.capitalize end end end