Generate numeric ids

id.coffee

#
#Creator: 2013, Olivier Huin (https://github.com/olih)
#License: Eclipse Public License - v 1.0
#Contributors:
#

#This code is a quick hack and should not be used for production
#as it is not optimized and the random numbers could be predicted.


generate8Digits = ()->
  num=Math.floor(Math.random()*90000000) + 10000000;
  return num

generateNumericId= (size)->
  div=Math.ceil(size/8)
  r = ""
  for i in [0..div]
    r=r+generate8Digits()
  r=r.substring(0,size)  
  return r;

generateNumericIds= (howmany, prefix, size)->
  r=[]
  for i in [0..howmany]
    r.push prefix + generateNumericId(size)
  return r

#Generate a list of ids with a prefix    
console.log generateNumericIds(8,"entity/",12)