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English Male First Names

A list of common male first names in English speaking countries.

Installation

$ npm install datasets-male-first-names-en

Usage

var names = require( 'datasets-male-first-names-en' );

names

A list of common male first names (also known as given or personal names) in English speaking countries.

console.log( names );
/*
    [
        "Aaron",
        "Ab",
        "Abba",
        "Abbe",
        "Abbey",
        "Abbie",
        "Abbot",
        "Abbott",
        ...
    ]
*/

Examples

var names = require( 'datasets-male-first-names-en' );

var len = names.length,
    N = 10,
    idx,
    i;

// Select random names from the list...
for ( i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
    idx = Math.ceil( Math.random()*len ) - 1;
    console.log( names[ idx ] ); 
}

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ node ./examples/index.js

References

Ward, Grady. Moby Word II. 2002. Project Gutenberg. Web. 27 July 2015.

Tests

Unit

Unit tests use the Mocha test framework with Chai assertions. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

License

MIT license.

datasets-male-first-names-en

Usage no npm install needed!