NAME

Text::Lorem::JA - Japanese Lorem Ipsum generator

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use Text::Lorem::JA;
# Generated text are represented in Perl internal format (Unicode).
binmode \*STDOUT, ':encoding(UTF-8)';
my $lorem = Text::Lorem::JA->new();
# Generate a string of text with 10 characters.
print $lorem->word(10), "\n";
# => 好きな強みとを考えて
# Generate a string of text with 10 tokens.
print $lorem->words(10), "\n";
# => 主要な素質にしばしばあるまいまではっきりつかまえる
# Generate a string of text with 3 sentences.
# Invoking via class methods are also allowed.
print Text::Lorem::JA->sentences(3), "\n";
# => いちばん面白いいい方をはっきりさせない会社があっても、
#    やがてかわって、許されない。人物の生きている、ほこり、
#    品位のあらわれである。文明社会は、正しくそういう立場に
#    いながら、求めて一塊の岩礁に膠着してみる。
            
          

DESCRIPTION

Text::Lorem::JA generates fake Japanese text via Markov chain.

METHODS

Most of instance methods can be called as class methods. Generated strings are in Perl's internal format (Unicode).

new

            

              
              
$lorem = Text::Lorem::JA->new();
$lorem = Text::Lorem::JA->new( dictionary => ..., chains => ... );
            
          

Creates a new Text::Lorem::JA generator object.

Can specify dictionary file and chains for generating sentences.

word

            

              
              
$word = $lorem->word($length);
            
          

Returns a exact given $length string.

Argument length represents number of Unicode characters. Not bytes.

words

            

              
              
$words = $lorem->words($number_of_morphems);
            
          

Generates a string composed from morphemes of given number.

At Japanese language, words are not delimited by whitespaces in normal style.

sentence

            

              
              
$sentence = $lorem->sentence();
            
          

Generates a single sentence.

sentences

            

              
              
$sentences = $lorem->sentences($number_of_sentences);
            
          

Generates sentences.

TOOL

You can use lorem_ja executable for generating Japanese Lorem text from CLI.

LICENSE

Copyright (C) ITO Nobuaki.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

ITO Nobuaki <dayflower@cpan.org>