codename {codename}

Generate a unique codename for yourself, your organization, other people, your projects, and whatever else

Description

codename() is a tool for generating codenames for various things.

Usage

codename(type = "any", seed)

Arguments

type

a type of code the user wants. Defaults to "any", but "gods", "nicka", "ubuntu", and "wu-tang" are available.

seed

an optional reproducible seed, which can be specified as a character or number.

Details

When type is 'any' (the default), the function combines all adjective data frames together (i.e. those from the Wu-Tang set, the colors, and the generic adjectives) and combines all noun data frames together (i.e. the animals, the generic nouns, the gods, and the Wu-Tang nouns). It then samples from each and combines them together.

When type is 'gods', the function randomly samples a god from the gods data frame and pastes it to a random color or generic adjective.

When type is 'ubuntu', a codename is derived that is broadly consistent with how Ubuntu versions their releases. This particular way of doing it starts with sampling an animal from the animals data frame. After an animal is selected, the function finds the first letter of the animal and matches it with something from the adjectives or xkcd_colors data sets. However, anything on the adjective side of the equation must be of length one. In other words, you can get "yellow yak" but you cannot have "yellow orange yak" because the "yellow orange" color is a two-word modifier.

When type is 'wu-tang', a name is derived by randomly sampling from the wu_adjs and wu_nouns data frames.

When type is 'nicka', the function randomly samples a U.S. agency from the nicka_blocks data frame. This agency has a series of two-character blocks from which they can draw a noun and an adjective. Thereafter, the function randomly selects something from a compilation of the adjectives and the nouns that start with something from the two-character block that was selected, though the sampling procedure omits any adjective or noun that is more than one word. You can cross-reference your code name to the nicka_blocks data frame to see what agency you're representing for something that I'm sure is nefarious and may require a congressional hearing.

Value

codename() takes a preferred type of code and an optional reproducible seed and returns a codename for the user to consider for whatever it is they want.

Author(s)

Steven V. Miller

Examples

codename()
codename(type = "ubuntu")
codename(type = "gods")
codename(type = "wu-tang")
codename(type = "nicka")
codename(type = "ubuntu", seed = "A Character Seed")
codename(type = "gods", seed = "A Character Seed")
codename(type = "wu-tang", seed = "A Character Seed")
codename(type = "nicka", seed = "A Character Seed")