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randomizing a set group of alphanumeric characters RRS feed

  • Question

  • I want to use a set group of alphanumeric characters and randomize them.  Is there a way to do this?
    Friday, March 6, 2015 5:06 PM

Answers

  • If you wanna create some random values for hash I would recommend Guid:

    Guid id = Guid.NewGuid();

    if just some alphanumeric characters than write your own class:

    public string GenerateChars(int numberOfDigits)
    {
        string chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
        var random = new Random();
        string generated = "";
        for(int i =0; i< numberOfDigits; i++)
        {
            int i = random.Next(0, chars.Length);
            generated += chars.Substring(i-1, 1);
        }
        return generated;
    }

    • Proposed as answer by Kristin Xie Monday, March 9, 2015 8:42 AM
    • Marked as answer by Kristin Xie Monday, March 16, 2015 10:07 AM
    Friday, March 6, 2015 5:21 PM