Great ideas!
Could putting the users ID athe beginning or end be a good idea? Is it
in some way hackable? I wouldn't use it to identifiy the users id with
it, but I would be able to garontee an individual string with out to
much work. :D
BR,
Jason
On 04/29/2011 07:30 PM, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
One trick... try avoid having 'l 1' and '0 o O' because depending on
the font you use they can be confused. It may also be a good idea to
only use upper case and numbers.
chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ12345678" or
chars = 'abcdefghijkmnpqrstuvwxyz23456789"
and
''.join(random.choice(chars) for letter in xrange(8))
On Apr 29, 11:07 am, Julio Schwarzbeck<[email protected]> wrote:
Try this:
import random
import string
print ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for
letter in xrange(8))
Output:
print ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for letter in
xrange(8))
MRWFo6Fv
print ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for letter in
xrange(8))
yiHlYvFj
print ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for letter in
xrange(8))
ugYaozlO
Obviously since the "sample" is so small there is a (rather large)
probability that you could get dupes, I'd suggest you increase the
length of your string in any case.
Cheers.
julio
On Apr 29, 8:29 am, Jason Brower<[email protected]> wrote:
I want to make a unique set of chars that people can't just figure out
what they are for. The reason for this is to create unique barcodes for
ticket validation when entiring a conference using my software. This
unique letter numb combo would be in a 2d barcode and it entered using a
restful interface.
I am hoping ticket validation would be with an 8 digit string and
nametags would use something similar for their individual identification
with a 4 digit string. Both will be turned into datamatrix codes that
will be appended to web addresses. For example,http://iid.me/A123a567
orhttp://iid.me/9F4donewould be for validating the ticket, the other
would be for various perposed depending on who uses it.
Best Regards,
Jason Brower
