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Created March 28, 2009 18:17
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how to generate random string in ruby
def get_random_string(length=5)
source=("a".."z").to_a + ("A".."Z").to_a + (0..9).to_a + ["_","-","."]
key=""
length.times{ key += source[rand(source.size)].to_s }
return key
end
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´Hey Femoco,

Thank you! This was really useful. Though, when I tried to use it to generate a string with repetitive letters it won't work. It seems it does not generate a string with repetitive letters, do you imagine why?

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