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Generate Random String

Generate Random String

If you want to generate a random value that is not an integer or CaptchaImage you can use this to generate a random string.

private string RandomString(int size, bool lowerCase)
{
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
Random random = new Random();
char ch;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
ch = Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt32(Math.Floor(26 * random.NextDouble() + 65)));
builder.Append(ch);
}
if (lowerCase)
{
return builder.ToString().ToLower();
return builder.ToString();
}
}

Response.Write(RandomString(4, true));

Comments

Arielr said:

Guid.GetNew().ToString()?

# March 15, 2008 2:22 AM

Shai Raiten said:

Hello Ariel,

I think the syntax is NewGuid()and not GetNew().

This is nice for generate a string and integer value like - 45f26c33-7e4b-438e-8da2-d5193ea1fd2d.

With the code above you can generate a random string with the desire length.

# March 15, 2008 12:18 PM
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