charliepark/random_string.rb

Created July 25, 2011 11:15

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Ruby code to create a random string, with no confusable digits (no "0 / O", "1 / I / l", "5 / S", "8 / B" crosses, etc.).

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random_string.rb

	def generate_domain_key
	charset = %w{ 2 3 4 6 7 9 A C D E F G H J K L M N P Q R T V W X Y Z}
	(0...16).map{ charset[rand(charset.size + 1)] }.join
	end

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