---
name: "Text::Lorem"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtext-lorem-perl"
version: "0.34-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Text::Lorem"
---

# Text::Lorem(3pm)

Generate random Latin looking text

## NAME

Text::Lorem - Generate random Latin looking text

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Text::Lorem;
    my $text = Text::Lorem->new();
    # Generate a string of text with 5 words
    $words = $text->words(5);
    # Generate a list of 5 words
    @words = $text->words(5);
    # Generate a string of text with 2 sentences
    $sentences = $text->sentences(2);
    # Generate a list of 2 sentences
    @sentences = $text->sentences(2);
    # Generate a string of text with 3 paragraphs
    $paragraphs = $text->paragraphs(3);
    # Generate a list of 3 paragraphs
    @paragraphs = $text->paragraphs(3);
```

## DESCRIPTION

Often when developing a website or other application it's important to have placeholders for content.  This module generates prescribed amounts of fake Latin text.

## CONSTRUCTOR

- "new()"

  The default constructor, `"new()"` takes no arguments and returns a Text::Lorem object.

## METHODS

All methods below will return a string in scalar context or list in list context.

- "words( INTEGER )"

  Returns INTEGER fake Latin words.

- "sentences( INTEGER )"

  Returns INTEGER sentences in fake Latin.

- "paragraphs( INTEGER )"

  Returns INTEGER paragraphs of fake Latin text.

## THANKS

Thanks to the guys who pushed me off the cliff called comfort and into the scary world of Perl: James Duncan, Leon Brocard.

## AUTHOR

Adeola Awoyemi (adeola@cpan.org)

## SEE ALSO

```
  L<WWW::Lipsum> and L<http://lipsum.com/>
```

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2003 by Adeola Awoyemi.  This software is released under the same license as Perl itself.