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Created November 14, 2012 17:54
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generate a string of random alpha-numeric characters suitable as a password
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random_password.rb
# inspired by http://stackoverflow.com/questions/88311/how-best-to-generate-a-random-string-in-ruby
(0...16).map{ (('a'..'z').to_a + (0..9).to_a)[rand(36)] }.join
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