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Generate random alphanumeric string in JavaScript
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random-string.js
// @source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1349404/generate-a-string-of-5-random-characters-in-javascript
function randomStr(m) {
var m = m || 9; s = '', r = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
for (var i=0; i < m; i++) { s += r.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random()*r.length)); }
return s;
};
@NeuralNoise
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is there any specific code to say output to a php or html, and can this be modded to save a txt or xml file too?
anyway thank you for sharing your file.

@elnygren
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elnygren commented Jun 29, 2017 •
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Found this one in
http://btu.bose.com/js/BoseWebUpdaterData.js :)

@hemanthkumarcb
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try this npm i random-key-generator

@Ilya33
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Ilya33 commented May 23, 2018 •
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why variables s and r are global?
another solution for this task: http://javascript-benchmark.info/t/generate-random-string

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