[Seaside] Generating a random string

[Bob Arning]

Well, less code might be

     | alphabet aSize|
     aSize := 20.
     alphabet := '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.
     (String new: aSize) collect: [ :x | alphabet atRandom].

Cheers,
Bob

On 11/29/11 9:55 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:
> [Pharo]
>
> | size |
> size := 32.
> String streamContents: [ :stream |
> 	size timesRepeat: [
> 		stream nextPut: '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ atRandom ] ]
>
> 'TSBY6AHHXF5YYJDNLOFE7P8C4V2OMA8P'
>
> This is a bit slower (due to internal locking), but less code.
>
> Sven
>
> On 29 Nov 2011, at 15:49, Boris Popov, DeepCove Labs wrote:
>
>> [VisualWorks]
>>
>> alphabet := '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.
>> size := 32.
>> random := Random new.
>> String streamContents: [:ws | size timesRepeat: [ws nextPut: (alphabet
>> atRandom: random)]].
>>
>> 'H3H1WNPPEMCNKGHSXK356TA2CA298VNY'
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> -Boris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: seaside-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org
>> [mailto:seaside-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Aeren
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:44 AM
>> To: seaside at lists.squeakfoundation.org
>> Subject: [Seaside] Generating a random string
>>
>> I'm trying to generate a random string, and i've created a method to do
>> so based on a few things I found on internet. However, when I try to
>> generate the string, I receive the error : "Improper store into
>> indexable object".
>> The error comes when I try to insert a new random character into my
>> string.
>> here is my code.
>>
>> *randomString:* aSize
>> 	| alphabet word |
>> 	alphabet := '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.
>> 	word := String new: aSize.
>> 	1 to: aSize do: [ :position |
>> 		word at: position put: [ alphabet at: ( Random between:
>> 1 and: (alphabet
>> size) ) ] ].
>> 	
>> 	^word
>>
>> Any help?
>>
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