Re: [Wtr-general] OT: generate random text?

Cain, Mark Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:23:17 -0700

Added a few tweaks, hope that is ok 8-)

def allowed_chars( val )

output = []

case val

when 'u' then output += ('A'..'Z').to_a

when 'l' then output += ('a'..'z').to_a

when 'd' then output += ('0'..'9').to_a

when 'uld'

output += ('A'..'Z').to_a

output += ('a'..'z').to_a

output += ('0'..'9').to_a

else

output += ('A'..'Z').to_a

output += ('a'..'z').to_a

end

# 'u' - upper, 'l' - lower, 'd' - digit, 'uld' - alpha numeric

# default upper and lower case string

def random_text( length, val='ul' )

v = val

output = ""

allowed = allowed_chars( val )

length.times do

output << allowed[ rand( allowed.length ) ]

end

output

end

--Mark

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Wood
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 1:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] OT: generate random text?

I recently posted this, but I'll pop another copy here.

def allowed_chars
output = []
output += ('A'..'Z').to_a
output += ('0'..'9').to_a
end

def random_text( length )
output = ""
allowed = allowed_chars()
length.times do
output << allowed[ rand( allowed.length ) ]
end
output
end

all done with functionality to easily add/remove chars from your set of allowed.

hope that helps.

j.

On 10/4/05, Winston, Phyllis H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Alan Richardson has an excel spreadsheet using visual basic macros for
data generation:
http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/testdata/index.php

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris McMahon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 6:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Wtr-general] OT: generate random text?

Hi...

I want to generate some random text for test purposes. "rand" doesn't
seem to DWIM. Say, to pick an arbitrary letter from the uppercase
range A to Z.

[A-Z].rand
[A..Z].rand

seems right, but isn't.
-Chris

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