Generate random string via Javascript

[acnatlhi]

Hello all!

I am not good with Javascript but was able to come up with random numbers using these forums and Google.

Does anyone know how to come up with a random string?  IE 6 to 8 characters of numbers and letters?  I have seen some Javascript that seems to work but not sure if getting it to work in Captivate is different as I have not had success.

This is what I used for number:

function getRandomInt(min, max) {

   var jsRandomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;

   alert(jsRandomNumber);

}

getRandomInt(0,1000);

Appreciate the time!

[tristiank3604]

You could try this:

function randomString() {

var chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXTZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

var string_length = 8;

var randomstring = '';

for (var i=0; i<string_length; i++) {

var rnum = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length);

randomstring += chars.substring(rnum,rnum+1);

}

document.randform.randomfield.value = randomstring;

}

Then you can put in a form with "onkeyup="randomString();"" or a button with "onclick="randomString();"".

[ilyas23001135]

Hello!

You should use, for example:

function getRandomString(l) {   

    var chars = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';

    var charsLength = chars.length;

    var string = '';

     for(var i=0; i<l; i++) {

        string += chars.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * charsLength));

    }

   return string;

}

more variants how to generate random string in js: http://javascript-benchmark.info/t/generate-random-string

[nimrit266090593lz1]

We can simply use short JS code as below for 6 characters string

let random = (Math.random() + 1).toString(36).substring(6);
console.log(random);

You can take a look at more ways here:

https://qawithexperts.com/questions/242/how-to-generate-random-string-using-javascript

Thanks.