Unicode C

Generating Random ASCII Strings

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Demonstrates how to generate random us-ascii strings. Unicode C

#include <C_CkPrngW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkPrngW fortuna;
    BOOL bDigits;
    BOOL bLowercase;
    BOOL bUppercase;
    int i;

    success = FALSE;

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

    success = FALSE;

    fortuna = CkPrngW_Create();

    // Generate random strings having only lowercase chars (a-z)
    // Disallow digits and uppercase and only allow lowercase
    bDigits = FALSE;
    bUppercase = FALSE;
    bLowercase = TRUE;

    wprintf(L"-- only lowercase alpha (a-z)\n");
    for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
        // Generate 20-character strings.
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPrngW_randomString(fortuna,20,bDigits,bLowercase,bUppercase));
    }

    // Allow both lowercase and uppercase alpha chars
    bUppercase = TRUE;
    wprintf(L"-- lower and uppercase alpha (a-zA-Z)\n");
    for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
        // Generate 20-character strings.
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPrngW_randomString(fortuna,20,bDigits,bLowercase,bUppercase));
    }

    // Allow digits (0-9)
    bDigits = TRUE;
    wprintf(L"-- digits and lower/uppercase alpha (0-9a-zA-Z)\n");
    for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
        // Generate 20-character strings.
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPrngW_randomString(fortuna,20,bDigits,bLowercase,bUppercase));
    }

    // Allow only digits (0-9)
    bUppercase = FALSE;
    bLowercase = FALSE;
    wprintf(L"-- only digits (0-9)\n");
    for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
        // Generate 20-character strings.
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPrngW_randomString(fortuna,20,bDigits,bLowercase,bUppercase));
    }



    CkPrngW_Dispose(fortuna);

    }