Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Lorem Ipsum (Test String) Generator

[Update: 2012-12-26] The original link below now times out, but this new one works great: http://www.ipsum-generator.com/. I generated a 5,000-word string to use in a test script.

I am working on building test data for a large client and wanted to have strings that were not just 'x' 100 times or something like that.

I used the "Lorem Ipsum Generator" here. It allowed me to build non-repeating strings. Here are a few examples with the choices available:

Generate 25 Words
[Checked] Begin text with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
All other defaults
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet phasellus velit placerat nam. Leo cubilia libero. Aliquam ut gravida congue non et. Lectus volutpat justo. Penatibus lectus urna wisi.
Generate 50 Words
[Unchecked] Begin text with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
All other defaults
Pharetra est scelerisque. Dolor et augue integer et non volutpat maecenas consequat id malesuada turpis. Vestibulum habitasse maecenas quis ultricies vestibulum arcu augue orci. Duis sed non vel mi lacus. Et commodo ac morbi semper commodo. Consequat pretium in. Nulla suscipit tincidunt. Diam id ut. A iaculis enim suspendisse cras.

It's a simple tool, but it creates nice strings.