/// <summary>
/// Generates and returns a name using the base names as examples.
/// </summary>
public string GenerateName(int minLength = 3, int maxLength = 10, char first = 'a', char second = 'b')
{
if (baseNames.Count < 1)
{
Debug.LogError("Markov.NameGenerator: No base names supplied!");
return("Nameless");
}
bool nameFinished = false;
bool chainOkay = false;
int pairIndex = -1;
char a = first;
char b = second;
char c = 'c';
string name = "";
while (!chainOkay)
{
pairIndex = Random.Range(0, 676);
if (ChainExistsFromPair(pairIndex))
{
chainOkay = true;
a = (pairIndex / 26).ToChar();
b = (pairIndex % 26).ToChar();
name += a.Capitalize();
name += b;
}
}
while (!nameFinished)
{
c = chains[pairIndex].GetRandomNext();
if (c != '/')
{
name += c;
a = b;
b = c;
pairIndex = CharsToIndex(a, b);
if (name.Length > maxLength)
{
break;
}
}
else
{
if (name.Length >= minLength)
{
nameFinished = true;
}
break;
}
}
if (nameFinished)
{
return(name);
}
else
{
return(GenerateName(minLength, maxLength, first, second));
}
}