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+Revision history for Perl extension Business::CUSIP::Random
+
+0.01  Tue Jul 12 20:27:21 2011
+	- original version
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+Changes
+Makefile.PL
+MANIFEST
+README
+t/cusip.t
+lib/Business/CUSIP/Random.pm
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
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+use 5.008006;
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+# See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence
+# the contents of the Makefile that is written.
+WriteMakefile(
+    NAME              => 'Business::CUSIP::Random',
+    VERSION_FROM      => 'lib/Business/CUSIP/Random.pm', # finds $VERSION
+    PREREQ_PM         => { 'Business::CUSIP' => 0 },
+    ($] >= 5.005 ?     ## Add these new keywords supported since 5.005
+      (ABSTRACT_FROM  => 'lib/Business/CUSIP/Random.pm', # retrieve abstract from module
+       AUTHOR         => 'Michael Aquilina <aquilina@cpan.org>') : ()),
+);
diff --git a/README b/README
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+Business::CUSIP::Random
+====================
+
+Generate random CUSIP numbers for testing
+
+INSTALLATION
+
+To install this module, type the following:
+
+perl Makefile.pl
+make
+make test
+make install
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+
+This module requires these other modules and libraries:
+
+    Business::CUSIP
+
+COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2011 Michael Aquilina. All rights reserved.
diff --git a/lib/Business/CUSIP/Random.pm b/lib/Business/CUSIP/Random.pm
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+package Business::CUSIP::Random;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Business::CUSIP;
+
+our $VERSION = '0.01';
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Business::CUSIP::Random - Generate random CUSIP numbers for testing
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+use Business::CUSIP::Random;
+
+my $cusip;
+
+$cusip = Business::CUSIP::Random->generate; # returns a Business::CUSIP object
+
+# or...
+
+$cusip = Business::CUSIP::Random->generate_string; # returns a string
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Generates a random CUSIP (Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures) number for use in testing.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 generate
+
+=head2 generate_string
+
+Returns a randomly-generated, valid CUSIP number.
+
+generate() returns a Business::CUSIP object, while generate_string() returns a string.
+
+Takes the following optional parameter as a hash:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * B<fixed_income>
+
+If true, the CUSIP generated will follow the format defined for fixed-income securities.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub generate {
+    my ($class, %params) = @_;
+
+    my $cusip = $class->rand_issuer_number(%params) .
+                $class->rand_issue_number(%params);
+    my $cusip_obj = Business::CUSIP->new($cusip, $params{fixed_income});
+    $cusip .= $cusip_obj->check_digit;
+    $cusip_obj->cusip($cusip);
+    return $cusip_obj;
+}
+
+sub generate_string {
+    my $class = shift;
+    return $class->generate(@_)->cusip;
+}
+
+=head2 rand_issuer_number
+
+Returns a random CUSIP issuer number
+
+Takes the following optional parameter as a hash:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * B<fixed_income>
+
+If true, the issuer number generated will follow the format defined for fixed-income securities.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub rand_issuer_number {
+    my ($class, %params) = @_;
+    return $class->_pick(3, 0..9) . $class->_pick(3, 0..9, 'A'..'Z');
+}
+
+=head2 rand_issue_number
+
+Generates a random CUSIP issue number.
+
+Takes the following optional parameter as a hash:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * B<fixed_income>
+
+If true, the issue number generated will follow the format defined for fixed-income securities.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub rand_issue_number {
+    my ($class, %params) = @_;
+    return $params{fixed_income} ? $class->_pick(2, 'A'..'H', 'J'..'N', 'P'..'Z', 2..9)
+                                 : $class->_pick(1, 10..88);
+}
+
+sub _pick {
+    my ($class, $count, @chars) = @_;
+    my $res  = '';
+       $res .= $chars[rand @chars] for (1..$count);
+    return $res;
+}
+
+=head1 DEPENDENCIES
+
+Business::CUSIP
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Michael Aquilina <aquilina@cpan.org>
+
+Grant Street Group <developers@grantstreet.com>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+Copyright (C) 2011 Michael Aquilina.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
+
+1;
+
diff --git a/t/cusip.t b/t/cusip.t
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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Business::CUSIP;
+use Business::CUSIP::Random;
+
+use Test::More tests => 1002;
+
+srand($$);
+for (1..1000) {
+    my $fixed_inc = int rand(2);
+    my $cusip = Business::CUSIP::Random->generate(fixed_income => $fixed_inc);
+    my $fixed_inc_msg = $fixed_inc ? ' fixed income' : '';
+    my $message = $cusip->cusip . " is a valid$fixed_inc_msg CUSIP";
+    ok($cusip->is_valid, $message);
+}
+
+my $cusip = Business::CUSIP::Random->generate_string;
+ok(! ref $cusip, 'generate_string returns a string');
+
+$cusip = Business::CUSIP->new($cusip);
+ok( $cusip->is_valid, 'generate_string returns a *valid* string');
+