.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.40) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== .de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) .if t .sp .5v .if n .sp .. .de Vb \" Begin verbatim text .ft CW .nf .ne \\$1 .. .de Ve \" End verbatim text .ft R .fi .. .\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings. \*(-- will .\" give an unbreakable dash, \*(PI will give pi, \*(L" will give a left .\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote. \*(C+ will .\" give a nicer C++. Capital omega is used to do unbreakable dashes and .\" therefore won't be available. \*(C` and \*(C' expand to `' in nroff, .\" nothing in troff, for use with C<>. .tr \(*W- .ds C+ C\v'-.1v'\h'-1p'\s-2+\h'-1p'+\s0\v'.1v'\h'-1p' .ie n \{\ . ds -- \(*W- . ds PI pi . if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch . if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch . ds L" "" . ds R" "" . ds C` "" . ds C' "" 'br\} .el\{\ . ds -- \|\(em\| . ds PI \(*p . ds L" `` . ds R" '' . ds C` . ds C' 'br\} .\" .\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform. .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" .\" If the F register is >0, we'll generate index entries on stderr for .\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index .\" entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process the .\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion. .\" .\" Avoid warning from groff about undefined register 'F'. .de IX .. .nr rF 0 .if \n(.g .if rF .nr rF 1 .if (\n(rF:(\n(.g==0)) \{\ . if \nF \{\ . de IX . tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" .. . if !\nF==2 \{\ . nr % 0 . nr F 2 . \} . \} .\} .rr rF .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "Text::Lorem 3pm" .TH Text::Lorem 3pm "2021-02-27" "perl v5.32.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH "NAME" Text::Lorem \- Generate random Latin looking text .SH "SYNOPSIS" .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 \& use Text::Lorem; \& \& my $text = Text::Lorem\->new(); \& \& # Generate a string of text with 5 words \& $words = $text\->words(5); \& \& # Generate a list of 5 words \& @words = $text\->words(5); \& \& # Generate a string of text with 2 sentences \& $sentences = $text\->sentences(2); \& \& # Generate a list of 2 sentences \& @sentences = $text\->sentences(2); \& \& # Generate a string of text with 3 paragraphs \& $paragraphs = $text\->paragraphs(3); \& \& # Generate a list of 3 paragraphs \& @paragraphs = $text\->paragraphs(3); .Ve .SH "DESCRIPTION" .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" Often when developing a website or other application it's important to have placeholders for content. This module generates prescribed amounts of fake Latin text. .SH "CONSTRUCTOR" .IX Header "CONSTRUCTOR" .ie n .IP """new()""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWnew()\fR" 4 .IX Item "new()" The default constructor, \f(CW\*(C`new()\*(C'\fR takes no arguments and returns a Text::Lorem object. .SH "METHODS" .IX Header "METHODS" All methods below will return a string in scalar context or list in list context. .ie n .IP """words( INTEGER )""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWwords( INTEGER )\fR" 4 .IX Item "words( INTEGER )" Returns \s-1INTEGER\s0 fake Latin words. .ie n .IP """sentences( INTEGER )""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWsentences( INTEGER )\fR" 4 .IX Item "sentences( INTEGER )" Returns \s-1INTEGER\s0 sentences in fake Latin. .ie n .IP """paragraphs( INTEGER )""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWparagraphs( INTEGER )\fR" 4 .IX Item "paragraphs( INTEGER )" Returns \s-1INTEGER\s0 paragraphs of fake Latin text. .SH "THANKS" .IX Header "THANKS" Thanks to the guys who pushed me off the cliff called comfort and into the scary world of Perl: James Duncan, Leon Brocard. .SH "AUTHOR" .IX Header "AUTHOR" Adeola Awoyemi (adeola@cpan.org) .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" .Vb 1 \& L and L .Ve .SH "COPYRIGHT" .IX Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright (c) 2003 by Adeola Awoyemi. This software is released under the same license as Perl itself.