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Created August 25, 2012 23:07
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create a unique id with coffeescript
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uniqueId = (length=8) ->
id = ""
id += Math.random().toString(36).substr(2) while id.length < length
id.substr 0, length
uniqueId() # => n5yjla3b
uniqueId(2) # => 0d
uniqueId(20) # => ox9eo7rt3ej0pb9kqlke
uniqueId(40) # => xu2vo4xjn4g0t3xr74zmndshrqlivn291d584alj
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amsul commented Aug 25, 2012

taken from: http://coffeescriptcookbook.com/chapters/strings/generating-a-unique-id

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