(PowerShell) Generating Random ASCII Strings

Demonstrates how to generate random us-ascii strings.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# All Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
# by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
$chilkatGlob = New-Object Chilkat.Global
$success = $chilkatGlob.UnlockBundle("Anything for 30-day trial.")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($chilkatGlob.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$fortuna = New-Object Chilkat.Prng

# Generate random strings having only lowercase chars (a-z)
# Disallow digits and uppercase and only allow lowercase
$bDigits = $false
$bUppercase = $false
$bLowercase = $true

$("-- only lowercase alpha (a-z)")
for ($i = 1; $i -le 10; $i++) {
    # Generate 20-character strings.
    $($fortuna.RandomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase))
}

# Allow both lowercase and uppercase alpha chars
$bUppercase = $true
$("-- lower and uppercase alpha (a-zA-Z)")
for ($i = 1; $i -le 10; $i++) {
    # Generate 20-character strings.
    $($fortuna.RandomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase))
}

# Allow digits (0-9)
$bDigits = $true
$("-- digits and lower/uppercase alpha (0-9a-zA-Z)")
for ($i = 1; $i -le 10; $i++) {
    # Generate 20-character strings.
    $($fortuna.RandomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase))
}

# Allow only digits (0-9)
$bUppercase = $false
$bLowercase = $false
$("-- only digits (0-9)")
for ($i = 1; $i -le 10; $i++) {
    # Generate 20-character strings.
    $($fortuna.RandomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase))
}