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Generate string ID's of a fixed length
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idGenerator.js
function generateID() {
return ("000000" + (Math.random()*Math.pow(36,6) << 0).toString(36)).slice(-6));
}
function generateIDFromStr() {
var seed = str.split("").reduce(function(a,b){a=((a<<5)-a)+b.charCodeAt(0);return a&a},0);
return ( "000000" + ( seed << 0 ).toString( 36 ) ).slice( -6 );
}
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