Generating a random string

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Apr 26 2011, 10:19 am
Good Afternoon,

Can anyone tell me, or point me to some documentation that would explain the best way to generate a random string of charactures and numbers.

Example

gafstdsv65
hshsgsy43
tftfga54

Etc.

Thank you
Apr 26 2011, 10:37 am
 
var/list
    Alphabet = list("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z")
    Numbers = list(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

mob/verb/Generate_String()
    var/list/Numbers_And_Strings = list()
    Numbers_And_Strings += Alphabet
    Numbers_And_Strings += Numbers
    
    var
        length_of_string = 10
        string = ""
    
    //for(var/i = 1 to length_of_string)world<<"[pick(Numbers_And_Strings)]\c"
    //world<<""
    for(var/i = 1 to length_of_string)string += "[pick(Numbers_And_Strings)]"
    world<<string
Apr 26 2011, 11:57 am
In response to Zaltron
Thats good stuff, thank you