public string GetRandomLastName()
{
try
{
using (var db = new NameData())
{
//Get the total number of records in the LastName table
int count = (from c in db.LastName select c.name).Count();
//Determine a random ranking to pull
int randomRank = new Random().Next(1, count);
//Return a random lastname
string result = (from n in db.LastName
where n.rank == randomRank
select n.name).Single().ToString();
return(result);
}
}
catch (System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException ex)
{
return(null);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw;
}
}
public string GetRandomFemaleFirstName(int Percentile)
{
try
{
using (var db = new NameData())
{
//Get the last names in the percentile
var results = (from c in db.FemaleFirstName
orderby c.rank descending
where c.cumPercentFrequency <= 100 - Percentile
select c.name).ToList();
//Grab a random name from the list
string result = results.ElementAt(new Random().Next(0, results.Count()));
return(result);
}
}
catch (System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException ex)
{
return(null);
}
catch
{
throw;
}
}
public string GetRandomFemaleFirstName()
{
try
{
using (var db = new NameData())
{
//Get the total number of records in the LastName table
int count = (from c in db.FemaleFirstName select c.name).Count();
//Determine what random row to get (doing this here works better)
int rowNumber = new Random().Next(1, count);
//Return a random lastname
string result = (from n in db.FemaleFirstName
where n.rank == rowNumber
select n.name).Single().ToString();
return(result);
}
}
catch (System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException ex)
{
return(null);
}
catch
{
throw;
}
}
