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Random string generator, based on
/*
Based on Eric J's answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1344255/72350
- Fixed bias by using 64 characters
- Removed unneeded 'new char[62]' and 'new byte[1]'
- Using GetBytes instead of GetNonZeroBytes
*/
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
namespace YourNamespace
{
public static class TokenGenerator
{
public static string GetUniqueKey(int length)
{
char[] chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890.-".ToCharArray();
byte[] data = new byte[length];
using (RNGCryptoServiceProvider crypto = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider())
{
crypto.GetBytes(data);
}
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(length);
foreach (byte b in data)
{
result.Append(chars[b % (chars.Length)]);
}
return result.ToString();
}
}
}
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