qixua / nickname-generator

A basic nickname generator that gives you nicknames according to the input.

Nickname Generator

You can input the length, and the starting letter(s) of the nickname and you get 21 randomly selected nicknames.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Stuff I may add in the future
• License

Installation

You can install Nickname Generator by:

Cloning the repository (all platforms)

Make sure you have git and python installed.

Run this to clone the repository:

% git clone https://github.com/qixua/nickname-generator/

wget (unix-like operating systems)

Get the source file:

% wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qixua/nickname-generator/master/script.py

Read the Usage section to understand how to use the Nickname Generator.

Usage

Run this to start the program:

% python3 script.py

If you cloned the repository instead of doing wget,

cd nickname-generator

run this first.

Once started, the program will ask you for length.

length :: 

Write the length as an integer.

length :: 6

And it will ask you for the starting letter(s)

nickname start :: 

Write it normally.

nickname start :: ae

Now press enter, and:

            nickname 0
            ------
            aetyao
            ------

            nickname 1
            ------
            aeccrn
            ------

            nickname 2
            ------
            aebysn
            ------

            nickname 3
            ------
            aelwto
            ------

            .
            .
            .
        up to idx 20 
        (it's 0-based so,\
         21 nicknames in total)

Copy what you like, or rerun the program to try different stuff.

Stuff I may add in the future

• Parameter that lets you save the nicknames in an output file.
• Parameter that lets you tweak the amount of nicknames outputted
• Ability to copy the nickname in a given index
• Parameter that lets you tweak the ending letter(s)

License

The repository qixua/nickname-generator and all of its source code is licensed by the license: GNU General Public License v3.0