function randomString(length, chars) {
var result = '';
for (var i = length; i > 0; --i) result += chars[Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length)];
return result;
}
var rString = randomString(32, '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ');
function generateUUID() {
var d = new Date().getTime();
var uuid = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g,function(c) {
var r = (d + Math.random()*16)%16 | 0;
d = Math.floor(d/16);
return (c=='x' ? r : (r&0x7|0x8)).toString(16);
});
return uuid.toUpperCase();
}
function randomString(len) {
var p = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
return [...Array(len)].reduce(a=>a+p[~~(Math.random()*p.length)],'');
}
function newRandomString(length, chars) {
var mask = '';
if (chars.indexOf('a') > -1) mask += 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
if (chars.indexOf('A') > -1) mask += 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
if (chars.indexOf('#') > -1) mask += '0123456789';
if (chars.indexOf('$') > -1) mask += '0123456789';
var result = '';
for (var i = length; i > 0; --i) result += mask[Math.floor(Math.random() *
mask.length)];
/*
we need a string not a number !isNaN(result)) will return true if '1234' or '3E77'
because if we're looping through object keys (created by newRandomString()) and
a number is used and all the other keys are strings then the number will
be first even if it was the 2nd or third key in object
*/
//use recursion to try again
if(!isNaN(result)){
console.log('found a number....:'+result);
return newRandomString(length, chars)
}else{
return result;
}
};
var i=0;
while (i < 1000) {
var a = newRandomString(4, '#$aA');
console.log(i+' - '+a);
//now we're using recursion this won't occur
if(!isNaN(a)){
console.log('=============='+i+' - '+a);
}
i++;
}
console.log('3E77:'+!isNaN('3E77'));//true
console.log('1234:'+!isNaN('1234'));//true
console.log('ab34:'+!isNaN('ab34'));//false