orcish.c

Name generator

• Description
• Function Summary
• Function Definitions
• License

Description

Orcish names originate or are inspired by JRR Tolkien's Orcish.

• Standard:
  C89

Function Summary

Modifiers	Function Name	Argument List
void	orcish	name, name_size
void	orc_long	name, name_size, l
void	orc_ptr	name, name_size, p
const char *	orcify	p

Function Definitions

orcish

void orcish(char *const name, const size_t name_size)

Fills name with a random Orcish name. Potentially up to name_size - 1, (with a maximum of 128,) then puts a null terminator. Uses rand from stdlib.h.

• Parameter: name
  A valid pointer to at least name_size characters.
• Parameter: name_size
  If zero, does nothing.

orc_long

void orc_long(char *const name, const size_t name_size, const unsigned long l)

Fills name with a deterministic Orcish name based on l, potentially up to name_size - 1, (with a maximum,) then puts a null terminator.

• Parameter: name
  A valid pointer to at least name_size characters.
• Parameter: name_size
  If zero, does nothing.

orc_ptr

void orc_ptr(char *const name, const size_t name_size, const void *const p)

Fills name with a deterministic Orcish name based on p, or if p is null, then "null". Potentially up to name_size - 1, (with a maximum,) then puts a null terminator.

• Parameter: name
  A valid pointer to at least name_size characters.
• Parameter: name_size
  If zero, does nothing.

orcify

const char *orcify(const void *const p)

Call orc_ptr with p with default values and a small temporary buffer.

• Return:
  A temporary string; can handle four names at a time.

License

2014 Neil Edelman, distributed under the terms of the MIT License. Orcish is from JRR Tolkien's work, and some syllables from SMAUG, which is a derivative of Merc, and DikuMud; used under fair-use. Contains MurmurHash-derived code, placed in public domain by Austin Appleby.