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Generating Random ASCII Strings

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Demonstrates how to generate random us-ascii strings.

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Local $bSuccess = False

; This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$bSuccess = False

$oFortuna = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Prng")

Local $bDigits
Local $bLowercase
Local $bUppercase

; Generate random strings having only lowercase chars (a-z)
; Disallow digits and uppercase and only allow lowercase
$bDigits = False
$bUppercase = False
$bLowercase = True

Local $i

ConsoleWrite("-- only lowercase alpha (a-z)" & @CRLF)
For $i = 1 To 10
    ; Generate 20-character strings.
    ConsoleWrite($oFortuna.RandomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase) & @CRLF)
Next

; Allow both lowercase and uppercase alpha chars
$bUppercase = True
ConsoleWrite("-- lower and uppercase alpha (a-zA-Z)" & @CRLF)
For $i = 1 To 10
    ; Generate 20-character strings.
    ConsoleWrite($oFortuna.RandomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase) & @CRLF)
Next

; Allow digits (0-9)
$bDigits = True
ConsoleWrite("-- digits and lower/uppercase alpha (0-9a-zA-Z)" & @CRLF)
For $i = 1 To 10
    ; Generate 20-character strings.
    ConsoleWrite($oFortuna.RandomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase) & @CRLF)
Next

; Allow only digits (0-9)
$bUppercase = False
$bLowercase = False
ConsoleWrite("-- only digits (0-9)" & @CRLF)
For $i = 1 To 10
    ; Generate 20-character strings.
    ConsoleWrite($oFortuna.RandomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase) & @CRLF)
Next