PipServices3.Commons.Random.RandomString Class Reference

Random generator for string values. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static char	Pick (string values)
	Picks a random character from a string. More...
static string	Pick (String[] values)
	Picks a random character from an array of string.. More...
static string	Distort (string value)
	Distorts a string by randomly replacing characters in it. More...
static char	NextAlphaChar ()
	Generates random alpha characted [A-Za-z] More...
static string	NextString (int minLength, int maxLength)
	Generates a random string, consisting of upper and lower case letters (of the English alphabet), digits(0-9), and symbols("_,.:-/.[].{},#-!,$=%.+^.&*-() "). More...

Static Private Attributes
static readonly string	_digits = "01234956789"
static readonly string	_symbols = "_,.:-/.[].{},#-!,$=%.+^.&*-() "
static readonly string	_alphaLower = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
static readonly string	_alphaUpper = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
static readonly string	_alpha = _alphaUpper + _alphaLower
static readonly string	_chars = _alpha + _digits + _symbols

Detailed Description

Random generator for string values.

var value1 = RandomString.Pick("ABC");     // Possible result: "C"
var value2 = RandomString.Pick(new String {"A","B","C"}); // Possible result: "B"

Member Function Documentation

Distort()

static string PipServices3.Commons.Random.RandomString.Distort ( string  value )

static

Distorts a string by randomly replacing characters in it.

Parameters

value

a string to distort.

Returns

a distored string.

NextAlphaChar()

static char PipServices3.Commons.Random.RandomString.NextAlphaChar ( )

static

Generates random alpha characted [A-Za-z]

Returns

a random characted.

NextString()

static string PipServices3.Commons.Random.RandomString.NextString ( int  minLength, int  maxLength  )

static

Generates a random string, consisting of upper and lower case letters (of the English alphabet), digits(0-9), and symbols("_,.:-/.[].{},#-!,$=%.+^.&*-() ").

Parameters

minLength	(optional) minimum string length.
maxLength	maximum string length.

Returns

a random string.

Pick() [1/2]

static char PipServices3.Commons.Random.RandomString.Pick ( string  values )

static

Picks a random character from a string.

Parameters

values

a string to pick a char from

Returns

a randomly picked char.

Pick() [2/2]

static string PipServices3.Commons.Random.RandomString.Pick ( String []  values )

static

Picks a random character from an array of string..

Parameters

values

a string to pick from

Returns

a randomly picked string.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/Random/RandomString.cs