Rails Sandbox

This is where i experiment with stupid stuff. If you feel you are in the wrong place feel free to visit my blog or my CV/Resume.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers Lyrics Generator

everything of the pigs rid seed
whom plan the need

ourselves plead glove
himself love

the macho crowd of the plants design the map
my stamp cap

me inventory table
whoever like the laugh wriggle

they announce the beginner upbeat
few toward the acoustics summarize the cat

For an explanation on how this works, feel free to read this blog post and download the sources, or check out the source code below.

Source code for this experiment

class RhcpLyricsGeneratorController < ApplicationController

def get_rand(collection)
  sleep rand / 10000
  collection[rand * collection.length.to_i - 1]
end

def preposition_phrase
  "#{get_rand(PREPOSITIONS).strip} the #{get_rand(NOUNS).strip}"
end

def adjectivated_subject_phrase
  the_part = "the" if rand.to_f > 0.5
  adjective = get_rand(ADJECTIVES).strip if rand.to_f > 0.5
  return "#{the_part} #{adjective} #{get_rand(NOUNS).strip}" if the_part and adjective
  nil
end

def generate_phrase
  as = adjectivated_subject_phrase
  adjectivated_subject_part = as.nil? ? get_rand(PRONOUNS).strip : as
  preposition_part = rand.to_f > 0.5 ? preposition_phrase : ""
  verb_part = get_rand(VERBS).strip
  object_part = rand.to_f > 0.25 ? get_rand(NOUNS).strip : ""
  the_part = (rand.to_f > 0.5 and object_part != "") ? "the" : ""
  adverb_part = rand.to_f > 0.75 ? get_rand(ADVERBS).strip : ""

  "#{adjectivated_subject_part} #{preposition_part} #{verb_part} #{the_part} #{object_part} #{adverb_part}".squeeze(" ").strip
end

def generate_lyrics
  result = ""
  (1..5).each do
    first_phrase = generate_phrase
    new_phrase = generate_phrase
    while new_phrase[-2, 2] != first_phrase[-2, 2] or new_phrase.split(" ")[-1] == first_phrase.split(" ")[-1] do
      new_phrase = generate_phrase
    end
    result << "#{first_phrase}
#{new_phrase}

"
  end
  result
end

def index
  @lyrics = generate_lyrics
end

end