Method code for $code_lib.random_word()

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arg @args;
var len, out, con, vow, rare, c, caps, maxcaps, flag, last, min, max, extra;

[(min ?= 3), (max ?= 10), (extra ?= #[])] = args;
len = random(max - min) + min;
out = "";
con = "bcdfghjklmnprst";
rare = ["q", "aa", "ee", "oo", "qu", "v", "w", "x", "z", "y"];
vow = "aeiou";
if ((| extra['con] |))
    con += extra['con];
if ((| extra['vow] |))
    vow += extra['vow];
if ((| extra['rare] |))
    rare += extra['rare];
flag = random(15);
maxcaps = random(4) + 2;
while (strlen(out) < len) {
    switch (flag) {
        case 1, 2:
            if (rare) {
                c = rare.random();
                if (random(2) == 1)
                    rare = setremove(rare, c);
                out += c;
                flag = random(15);
            }
        case 3 .. 8:
            c = vow.random();
            while (c == last)
                c = vow.random();
            out += c;
            flag = random(7) + 3;
        case 9 .. 15:
            c = con.random();
            while (c == last)
                c = con.random();
            out += c;
            flag = random(10);
    }
    last = c;
}
return out;

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