random

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v0.6.13 Latest Latest Go to latest Published: Oct 22, 2026 License: MPL-2.0 Imports: 3 Imported by: 17

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Documentation ¶

Overview ¶

Package random is a helper for generating random alphanumeric strings.

Index ¶

Variables
func AlphaNum(length int) string
func AlphaNumLower(length int) string
func AlphaNumUpper(length int) string
func Numbers(length int) string
func String(chooseFrom string, length int) (randomString string)

Constants ¶

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Variables ¶

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var (
	PossibleNumbers          = "0123456789"
	PossibleLowerCase        = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
	PossibleUpperCase        = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
	PossibleSpecialCharacter = " !\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~"

	PossibleAlphaNum      = PossibleNumbers + PossibleLowerCase + PossibleUpperCase
	PossibleAlphaNumLower = PossibleNumbers + PossibleLowerCase
	PossibleAlphaNumUpper = PossibleNumbers + PossibleUpperCase
)

Functions ¶

func AlphaNum ¶

func AlphaNum(length int) string

AlphaNum returns a random alphanumeric string of the given length. The returned string can contain both uppercase and lowercase letters.

func AlphaNumLower ¶

func AlphaNumLower(length int) string

AlphaNumLower returns a random alphanumeric string of the given length. The returned string can contain lowercase letters, but not uppercase.

func AlphaNumUpper ¶

func AlphaNumUpper(length int) string

AlphaNumUpper returns a random alphanumeric string of the given length. The returned string can contain uppercase letters, but not lowercase.

func Numbers ¶

func Numbers(length int) string

Numbers returns a random numeric string of the given length

func String ¶

func String(chooseFrom string, length int) (randomString string)

String returns a random string of the given length, using only the component characters provided in the "chooseFrom" string.

Types ¶

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Source Files ¶

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string.go

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