refactoring so we do not need to use Helpers.randomize() everywhere

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/random.js b/lib/random.js
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+var definitions = require('./definitions');
+
+var random = {
+    // returns a single random number based on a range
+    number: function (range) {
+        var r = Math.floor(Math.random() * range);
+        console.log(r);
+        return r;
+    },
+
+    // takes an array and returns the array randomly sorted
+    array_rand: function (array) {
+        var r = Math.floor(Math.random() * array.length);
+        return array[r];
+    }
+};
+
+var method_names = [
+    'catch_phrase_adjective',
+    'catch_phrase_descriptor',
+    'catch_phrase_noun',
+    'bs_adjective',
+    'bs_buzz',
+    'bs_noun'
+];
+
+for (var i = 0; i < method_names.length; i++) {
+    var method_name = method_names[i];
+    random[method_name] = function () {
+        return random.array_rand(definitions[method_name]());
+    };
+}
+
+module.exports = random;