module Faker
Added by Mike Urban to enhance data population abilities provided by the faker module 10/2014
Public Class Methods
coin_flip()
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# 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
date_range(p_from, p_to)
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# 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
gender(p_male = 'male', p_female = 'female')
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# 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
integer_range(p_from, p_to)
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# 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
mostly_false(p_pct=75)
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# File lib/faker_extensions/faker.rb, line 25 def self.mostly_false(p_pct=75) !mostly_true(p_pct) end
mostly_true(p_pct=75)
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# 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
random_paragraphs(p_max_paragraphs, p_paragraph_separator, p_allow_nil)
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# 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