module Faker

# File lib/faker_extensions/faker.rb, line 4
def self.coin_flip
  [true,false].shuffle.first   #rand select for boolean, essentially a coin flip
end

# File lib/faker_extensions/faker.rb, line 37
def self.date_range(p_from, p_to)
  (p_from..p_to).to_a.shuffle.first
end

# File lib/faker_extensions/faker.rb, line 29
def self.gender(p_male = 'male', p_female = 'female')
  l_gender = coin_flip ? p_male : p_female #genders need to be passed if different than english or you want boy/girl for example
end

# File lib/faker_extensions/faker.rb, line 33
def self.integer_range(p_from, p_to)
  (p_from..p_to).to_a.shuffle.first
end

# File lib/faker_extensions/faker.rb, line 25
def self.mostly_false(p_pct=75)
  !mostly_true(p_pct)
end

# File lib/faker_extensions/faker.rb, line 19
def self.mostly_true(p_pct=75)
  #no more than 99%, no less than 51% can be mostly true
  p_num_true = [[p_pct.to_i, 99].min, 51].max
  (1..100).to_a.shuffle.first <= p_num_true
end

# File lib/faker_extensions/faker.rb, line 8
def self.random_paragraphs(p_max_paragraphs, p_paragraph_separator, p_allow_nil)
  l_text = ''
  l_start = p_allow_nil ? 0 : 1
  l_num_paragraphs = (l_start..p_max_paragraphs).to_a.shuffle.first
  l_num_paragraphs.times do |ctr|
    l_text += "#{p_paragraph_separator}" if ctr > 0
    l_text += Faker::Lorem.paragraph
  end
  l_text.blank? ? nil : l_text
end