NAME
Acme::POE::Acronym::Generator - Generate random POE acronyms.
SYNOPSIS
use strict;
use warnings;
use Acme::POE::Acronym::Generator;
my $poegen = Acme::POE::Acronym::Generator->new();
for ( 1 .. 10 ) {
my $acronym = $poegen->generate();
print $acronym, "\n";
}DESCRIPTION
What does POE stand for?" is a common question, and people have expanded the acronym in several ways.
Acme::POE::Acronym::Generator produces randomly generated expansions of the POE acronym ( or at your option any other arbitary word ).
CONSTRUCTOR
- new
-
Takes three optional parameters:
'dict', the path to the words file to use, default is /usr/share/dict/words; 'wordlist', an arrayref consisting of words to use, this overrides the use of dict file; 'key', provide a word to make an acronym for instead of POE;If the dict file doesn't exist it will use a very small subset of words to generate responses.
Returns a shiny Acme::POE::Acronym::Generator object.
METHODS
- generate
-
Takes no parameters.
In a scalar context, returns a string containing the acronym.
In a list context, returns the individual words of the acronym as a list.
AUTHOR
Chris BinGOs Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>
LICENSE
Copyright (C) Chris Williams
This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. Please see the license that came with your Perl distribution for details.