Randomly Generate a Name?

How do I randomly generate a name using C2?

Could you be more specific?

Do you have a list of names you want to randomly pick one of?

Would you like to generate the name from random syllables?

Is "Q1hm5z&" an acceptable name?

It doesn't matter. I could probably modify the script for my purposes.

I figure Q1hm5z& would be useful at some point in my programming travels.

The system expressions choose() and random() are probably what your looking for, you can find out more about them in the manual.

choose ("Adam", "Bernard", "Cecil", "Doark", "Effreim", "Figgy", "Hanook")

etc.

Interesting. Can I pair the choose expression with an array? May I have an example?

At the very least, I think I could vary the length of the name, by using random() and loops, correct?

Let's assume you have an array filled with the all the possible characters on it's X axis. In pseudo-code:

Var Name = ""

For Loop: from 1 to However many characters you want the name

    Add Array.at(floor(random(Array.Width))) to Name

If it were me, I wouldn't use individual letters, I would set up a system that alternates between consonant groups (e.g. str,th,v,gh,s,wr,r,ph) and vowel groups (e.g. a,ou,ea,ay,oo,ai). It's more work, but yields more natural results.

I see, I suppose the best way to make names and then add them to another array would be add Var Name to an array?

You could do that. You could also generate the random names directly in an array.

Let's assume you have 2 arrays:

Characters - An array with all the possible characters of a name along its X axis.

Names - A array you want to populate with random names along its X axis.

For Each X Element in Names:

   Set value at Names.curx to ""

   For Loop: from 1 to However many characters you want the name

       Set value at Names.curx to Names.CurValue & Characters.at(floor(random(Characters.Width)))