random_string_generator v0.1.1 RandomStringGenerator View Source
A Module to generate a random string based on a given string pattern
Accepted string patterns:
Use l for lower case letter from a to z
Use L for upper case letter from A to Z
Use d for digit from 0 to 9
Use p for punctuation
Punctuation is any character on the following group:
@punctuation [
"!", """, "#", "$", "%", "&", "'", "(", ")", "*", "+", ",", "-",
".", "/", ":", ";", "<", "=", ">", "?", "@", "[", "\", "]", "^",
"_", "`", "{", "|","}", "~"
]
Generate a string containing 2 lower case letters followed by 2 digits.
RandomStringGenerator.generate("lldd")
Generate a string containing 2 upper case letters.
RandomStringGenerator.generate("LL")
Delimiters
Everything that is not l
,L
,d
and p
is treated as a delimiter so the
pattern -dl?
is interpreted as a hyphen followed by a digit followed by
a letter followed by a question mark.
Generate a string containing 2 letters followed by a hyphen.
RandomStringGenerator.generate("ll-")
Scape
In order to generate a string containing the characters l
,L
,d
and p
as a delimiter you need to use the backslash twice in order to scape it.
Generate a string containing 2 digits followed by the letters lLdp
.
RandomStringGenerator.generate("dd\\l\\L\\d\\p")
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Functions
Given a pattern
string, returns a random generated string