Random Name Generator

I haven''t written one, but you could create several tables, each containing strings. Then to create a name, pick a random string from each table and put them together and see what you get.

Have you tried Google?

they are probably quite easy to write create several arrays storing name strings, then use rand() to pick an array entry

there is the Everchanging Book of Names, which is a stand-alone program for name generation. i don''t think the guy made the source code available, but the website and the docs that come with the program explain how it works.

You might want to work on a system that recognizes different letter patterns. For example, names that start with a vowel, and then there''s a constanant, etc. At the same, you contain some sort of database that stores information regarding how different letters sound together, how they flow, which letters work good together, and so on.

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Original post by Zipster
You might want to work on a system that recognizes different letter patterns. For example, names that start with a vowel, and then there''s a constanant, etc. At the same, you contain some sort of database that stores information regarding how different letters sound together, how they flow, which letters work good together, and so on.

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this is explained in more detail at the link i posted... it goes as far as loading a list of names (you can create if you like), and finding the common patterns in those names. so, if you type enough names from the same language, it will come up with appropriate new ones.

Link to a Flipcode tutorial:
http://www.flipcode.com/tutorials/tut_gennames.shtml

Dave "Dak Lozar" Loeser