Random Morse Code Punctuation Generator

Choose one punctuation mark with its International Morse code sequence from ITU-R M.1677-1 using injected randomness.

Description

Choose one of 12 stored punctuation prompts containing a symbol and its International Morse sequence.

International Morse code includes signals for punctuation as well as letters and digits. Recognizing a mark and its signal is a different exercise from generating ordinary text punctuation.^[1]

The output value contains the original mark or digit, a colon separator, and a signal written with middle dot · and minus sign −. The twelve stored marks are period, comma, colon, question mark, apostrophe, hyphen, slash, both parentheses, equals, plus, and at sign. These Unicode glyphs differ from ASCII period and hyphen.

When to use Random Morse Code Punctuation Generator

Use it for punctuation Morse flashcards or text-only signal recognition fixtures.

How to use Random Morse Code Punctuation Generator and understand its results

Run without input fields, or send {} to the API.
Read the leading symbol and the signal after its separator. Preserve the distinction between the symbol being encoded and the dots/dashes of its code.
Run again for another prompt. Add audio, speed, and timing separately if the exercise requires listening practice.

index = floor(randomDraw × 12); value = storedPrompts[index]

One draw chooses a complete stored prompt. Signal length does not change its selection weight.

The implementation returns the stored combined string unchanged, without translating an entered message or applying signal spacing. For the colon punctuation prompt, the output begins with two colons: the mark and its separator.

json

{
  "input": {},
  "randomDraw": 0.25,
  "output": {
    "value": "?:··−−··"
  }
}

Draw zero selects the first stored prompt, and a draw just below one selects the last. Invalid random draws cause an error. A result can repeat; there is no deck state or without-replacement mode.

Limitations and assumptions

The default source is Math.random; no seed input or cryptographic entropy guarantee is provided. Repeated runs may select the same result, and the distribution depends on the random source.

The output is not an audio waveform, timing instruction, complete message, or an exhaustive list of Morse prosigns. It does not assess a learner’s response.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use the digit generator for numeral signals or the letter generator for alphabet practice. The general Morse converter in this repository supports letters and digits, so these punctuation prompts are not directly covered by it.

References

ITU-R M.1677-1: International Morse Code (2009) — International Telecommunication Union

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