NAME Text::Lorem - Generate random Latin looking text SYNOPSIS 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); 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. CONSTRUCTOR "new()" The default constructor, "new()" takes no arguments and returns a Text::Lorem object. METHODS All methods below will return a string in scalar context or list in list context. "words( INTEGER )" Returns INTEGER fake Latin words. "sentences( INTEGER )" Returns INTEGER sentences in fake Latin. "paragraphs( INTEGER )" Returns INTEGER paragraphs of fake Latin text. THANKS Thanks to the guys who pushed me off the cliff called comfort and into the scary world of Perl: James Duncan, Leon Brocard. AUTHOR Adeola Awoyemi (adeola@cpan.org) SEE ALSO L and L COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2003 by Adeola Awoyemi. This software is released under the same license as Perl itself.