Fantasy Name Generator¶

Your friend is writing a new fantasy novel. It takes place in the mythical land of Aetheria. However, they have a problem, they're struggling to write names for their characters. Help them out by writing a function to generate some fantasy names.

Below, I've provided three things:

1. A list of first_names that would be fitting for a fantasy character in Aetheria.
2. A list of last_names that would be fitting for a fantasy character in Aetheria.
3. I've imported the function randint for you to help you choose random names from this list.

Assignment¶

Write a function, random_name which chooses a random first name and a random last name and returns them as a String.

For example:

print(random_name())

"Thranduil Starfire"

Extra

• Add or change the names in the first_names and last_names list.
• Add epithets and job titles (i.e. "Thranduil Starfire the Drunk Bard")
• Have random_name return a list of names instead of a single name. If called without arguments, random_name should return a list with a single name. But if passed a number, it should return a list of that length. All names returned in the list MUST BE UNIQUE.

How randint Works¶

Here's the documentation on the randint function I've imported for you below:

randint(a, b) method of random.Random instance
    Return random integer in range [a, b], including both end points.

If you'd like to read more about the random module, take a look at the Python 3 Documentation.

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# Here is some code to get you started...

from random import randint
from random import choice

first_names = ["Arwen", "Elrond", "Galadriel", "Legolas", "Thranduil", "Eowyn", "Boromir", "Faramir", "Gandalf", "Celeborn"]
last_names = ["Stormrider", "Shadowhunter", "Moonwhisper", "Nightshade", "Dragonbane", "Ironfist", "Brightblade", "Windwalker", "Starfire", "the Bard"]
epithets = ["Drunk", "Whimsical", "Tall", "Small", "Singing"]
jobs = ["Bard", "Knight", "Wizard", "Druid"]

def random_name(times=1):
    names = []
    for i in range(times):
        random_first_name = first_names[randint(0, len(first_names) - 1)]
        random_last_name = last_names[randint(0, len(last_names) - 1)]
        random_epithet = epithets[randint(0, len(epithets) - 1)]
        random_job = choice(jobs)
        random_name = f"{random_first_name} {random_last_name} the {random_epithet} {random_job}"
        if random_name not in names:
            names.append(random_name)

    return names




random_name(5)

# Here is some code to get you started... from random import randint from random import choice first_names = ["Arwen", "Elrond", "Galadriel", "Legolas", "Thranduil", "Eowyn", "Boromir", "Faramir", "Gandalf", "Celeborn"] last_names = ["Stormrider", "Shadowhunter", "Moonwhisper", "Nightshade", "Dragonbane", "Ironfist", "Brightblade", "Windwalker", "Starfire", "the Bard"] epithets = ["Drunk", "Whimsical", "Tall", "Small", "Singing"] jobs = ["Bard", "Knight", "Wizard", "Druid"] def random_name(times=1): names = [] for i in range(times): random_first_name = first_names[randint(0, len(first_names) - 1)] random_last_name = last_names[randint(0, len(last_names) - 1)] random_epithet = epithets[randint(0, len(epithets) - 1)] random_job = choice(jobs) random_name = f"{random_first_name} {random_last_name} the {random_epithet} {random_job}" if random_name not in names: names.append(random_name) return names random_name(5)

Out[45]:

['Gandalf Starfire the Whimsical Knight',
 'Gandalf Moonwhisper the Small Druid',
 'Faramir Windwalker the Small Bard',
 'Arwen the Bard the Drunk Druid',
 'Elrond Nightshade the Tall Druid']

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foo = "foo"
bar = 10
my_new_str = f"foo is {foo} bar is {bar}"
my_new_str

foo = "foo" bar = 10 my_new_str = f"foo is {foo} bar is {bar}" my_new_str

Out[27]:

'foo is foo bar is 10'

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