faker

https://github.com/stympy/faker

Ruby

A library for generating fake data such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.

Faker::Base.regexify

Given a regular expression, attempt to generate a string
that would match it.  This is a rather simple implementation,
so don't be shocked if it blows up on you in a spectacular fashion.

It does not handle ., *, unbounded ranges such as {1,},
extensions such as (?=), character classes, some abbreviations
for character classes, and nested parentheses.

I told you it was simple. :) It's also probably dog-slow,
so you shouldn't use it.

It will take a regex like this:

/^[A-PR-UWYZ0-9][A-HK-Y0-9][AEHMNPRTVXY0-9]?[ABEHMNPRVWXY0-9]? {1,2}[0-9][ABD-HJLN-UW-Z]{2}$/

and generate a string like this:

"U3V  3TP"

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

git clone [email protected]:stympy/faker.git

cd faker

open lib/faker.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Faker--Base-regexify-for-pr


# Commit to git

git add lib/faker.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Faker::Base.regexify"


# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Faker--Base-regexify-for-pr

hub pull-request


# Celebrate!