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Description of MUSHclient world function: world.GenerateName


Name GenerateName
Type Method
Summary Generates a random character name
Prototype VARIANT GenerateName();
Description

Generates a random character name based on the names in the names file previously loaded with ReadNamesFile.

VBscript example
' generate 20 names
for i = 1 to 20
  world.note world.generatename
next
Jscript example
// generate 20 names
for (i = 0; i < 20; i++)
  world.note(world.generatename ());
PerlScript example
# generate 20 names
for ($i = 0; $i < 20; $i++)
  {
  $world->note($world->generatename ());
  }
Python example
# generate 20 names
for i in range (20):
  world.note(world.generatename )
Lua example
-- generate 20 names
for i = 1, 20 do
  Note(GenerateName())
end
Returns If a names file has not been loaded, the return value is a NULL variant.
Otherwise, the return value is the generated name.

See also ...

Function Description
ReadNamesFile Loads in a file for generating character names

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