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ruby: random alphanumeric string

generate random alphanumeric string 'size' characters long

size = 8; (1..size).map{([*('a'..'z')]+[*('A'..'Z')]+[*(1..9)].map{|n|n.to_s}).instance_eval{self[rand(self.size)]}}.join
to ruby random one-liner generation alphanumeric by elliottcable on Jan 21, 2008 6 Comments

Ruby dictionary username generation

Generate a new random name from dictionary words.

DICT_PATH = '/usr/share/dict/words'
DICT_SIZE = 234936

def self.generated_name words = 2, length = 23
  name = 'a'*(length+1)
  while name.length > length
    name = (1..words).map{%x[sed -n '#{rand(DICT_SIZE)} {p;q;}' '#{DICT_PATH}'].chomp.capitalize}.join
  end
end
to ruby unix random word dictionary words generation username by elliottcable on Sep 13, 2007
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