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If you ever need to randomly generate fake "words" using english alphanumerics in Java...
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private String getRandomizedWords(int word_count) { | |
String contentAsString = ""; | |
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); | |
while(word_count-- > 0) { | |
// generate word | |
int wordLength = Math.abs((rnd.nextInt() % MAX_WORD_LENGTH) + 1); | |
for(int i = 0; i < wordLength; i++) { | |
int val = Math.abs((rnd.nextInt() % 62) + 1); | |
char nextChar = ' '; | |
if (val >= 0 && val <= 9) { | |
nextChar = (char) (val + 48); | |
} else if (val >= 10 && val <= 35) { | |
nextChar = (char) (val + 55); | |
} else if (val >= 36 && val <= 62) { | |
nextChar = (char) (val + 61); | |
} else { | |
nextChar = (char) val; | |
} | |
baos.write(nextChar); | |
} | |
if(word_count != 0) { | |
baos.write(' '); | |
} | |
} | |
contentAsString = baos.toString(); | |
try { baos.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } | |
return contentAsString; | |
} |
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