Added GUID to template

NameIT.psd1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 RootModule = 'NameIT.psm1'
 
 # Version number of this module.
-ModuleVersion = '1.8.0'
+ModuleVersion = '1.8.2'
 
 # ID used to uniquely identify this module
 GUID = '6d4ec85a-e09f-4024-819d-66bafa130a5b'

NameIT.psm1

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function Invoke-Generate {
     $script:alphabet = $alphabet
     $script:numbers = $number
 
-    $functionList = 'alpha|synonym|numeric|syllable|vowel|phoneticvowel|consonant|person|address|space|noun|adjective|verb|cmdlet|state|dave'.Split('|')
+    $functionList = 'alpha|synonym|numeric|syllable|vowel|phoneticvowel|consonant|person|address|space|noun|adjective|verb|cmdlet|state|dave|guid'.Split('|')
 
     $customDataFile="$PSScriptRoot\customData\customData.ps1"
     if(Test-Path $customDataFile){
@@ -477,6 +477,19 @@ function Dave {
     $daves | get-random
 }
 
+function guid {
+    param(
+        $part
+    )
+
+    $guid=[guid]::NewGuid().guid
+
+    if($part -ne $null) {
+        ($guid -split '-')[$part]
+    } else {
+        $guid
+    }
+}
 
 Set-Alias ig Invoke-Generate
 

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@ This project is a port of https://github.com/mitchdenny/namerer. Hat tip to [Mit
 
 ![image1](https://github.com/dfinke/NameIT/blob/master/images/nameitAddressVerbNounAdjective.gif?raw=true)
 
+## Release 1.8.2 : 03/5/2017
+Added `guid` to the template. *Chris Hunt* suggested and then delegated the implementation to me after I showed him I was randomly generating guid parts.
+
+```powershell
+Invoke-Generate "[guid]" 
+Invoke-Generate "[guid 0]"
+Invoke-Generate "[guid 3]"
+```
+
+```
+690dcb11-a5b5-462a-a860-8de11626f5fd
+eeb507b0
+9873
+```
+
 ## Release 1.7.0 : 10/3/2016
 * Generate random cmdlet names (verb-noun) and limit it to approved verbs
 

demo.txt

@@ -13,4 +13,11 @@ Invoke-Generate "cafe_[syllable][syllable]" -count 3
 Invoke-Generate "[synonym cafe]_[syllable][syllable]" -count 5
 Invoke-Generate "[person]" -count 3
 Invoke-Generate "[person female]" -count 5
-Invoke-Generate "[person male]" -count 5
+Invoke-Generate "[person male]" -count 5
+
+Invoke-Generate "[guid]" 
+Invoke-Generate "[guid 0]"
+Invoke-Generate "[guid 1]"
+Invoke-Generate "[guid 2]"
+Invoke-Generate "[guid 3]"
+Invoke-Generate "[guid 4]"