Create random pronounceable nicknames for yourself and your friends.
Run the code to make a random sequence of 6 letters. Try it several times; try lengths other than 6:
This gives the list of characters from “a” to “z”:
RandomChoice chooses a random character from the list. Each time you run the code, you get a different choice:
This gives a list of 6 random characters:
Get lists of vowels and consonants. Try adding “y” to the list of vowels:
Make a list of the vowels and give it the name vowels:
Using the name vowels is the same as using the list:
Complement gives all of the elements of the first list that are not in the second list. For example:
The consonants are the letters that are not vowels:
Make random “words” out of 4 letters. Try other patterns of consonants and vowels:
Note: be sure you have already run the previous step.
This gives a random consonant:
This gives a random vowel:
String together consonants and vowels in a list to make random “words”:
Make a list of 4 alternations of consonants and vowels. Try numbers other than 4:
Table makes lists of things.
This makes a list of 4 random consonants:
This makes a list of 4 consonant-vowel lists:
Flatten flattens out the sublists:
Display the letters as a “word” in 40-point type. Try changing the size to something other than 40—for example, 80:
StringJoin joins text strings in a list into a single text string:
Use it to make a word out of a list of random letters:
Change the size of text with Style. This writes “wolfram” in 40-point text (a point is a printer’s measure equal to 1/72 inch):
Write a random word in 40-point text:
Make a column of 6 random names. Try numbers of names other than 6:
Column formats lists of things as columns:
Make a list of 6 random names:
Use Column to format the names in a column:
Share It—make a website that gives you a different random name each time you visit it:
Deploy the random name code to the Wolfram Cloud, where anyone can use it:
Click the link in the output to visit the site. Refresh the page in your browser to get a new random name.
Tell the world about your creation by sharing the link via email, tweet or other message.