[RELEASE] Random String Generator

[RELEASE] Random String Generator - Printable Version

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[RELEASE] Random String Generator - hybris.softwares - 09-16-2016

Hello folks,
Today i'm going to present you a nice class that you can use in any project you want.

Its purpose is to generate random strings with a normal entropy range. To do this it reads method names, class names and namespaces from all loaded libraries.

Code:
 public class RandomStringGenerator
    {
        private Random Random;
        private List<string> names;

        public RandomStringGenerator(Random random)
        {
            Random = random;
            LoadStrings();
        }

        public RandomStringGenerator() : this(new Random())
        {
            
        }

        public string GetRandomString(int len)
        {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            while(sb.Length < len)
            {
                sb.Append(names[Random.Next(0, names.Count)] + names[Random.Next(0, names.Count)]);
            }
            return sb.ToString();
        }

        private void LoadStrings()
        {
            names = new List<string>();
            foreach(Assembly assembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies())
            {
                foreach(Type t in assembly.GetExportedTypes())
                {
                    names.Add(t.Namespace);
                    names.Add(t.Name);

                    foreach(MethodInfo m in t.GetMethods())
                    {
                        names.Add(m.Name);

                    }

                }
            }
        }
    }

A simple usage :

Code:
RandomStringGenerator rsg = new RandomStringGenerator();
string randomString = rsg.GetRandomString(10);
Console.WriteLine(randomString);

Here there are some example outputs from the generator :

Code:
add_LostFocusget_RecreatingHandle
add_Clickget_EventLog
get_DisplayMemberToolStripItemEventArgs
get_DomainManagerget_ReadMethods
get_TypeIdset_Name
Equalsget_SourceColumn
set_GripMarginGetHashCode
set_RightToLeftIXmlSchemaInfo
set_AnyAttributeget_UnhandledAttributes
GetTypeadd_DragEnter

Enjoy!

RE: [RELEASE] Random String Generator - Killpot - 09-16-2016

You should use Type.GetMembers() instead of GetMethods(), as it will also include variables.

RE: [RELEASE] Random String Generator - hybris.softwares - 09-16-2016

(09-16-2016, 08:43 PM)Killpot Wrote: You should use Type.GetMembers() instead of GetMethods(), as it will also include variables.

Yeah, you are right, i've wrote it in little time, ahahah.

Will update thread Cool

RE: [RELEASE] Random String Generator - Bish0pQ - 09-16-2016

Looks nice man. Thanks for sharing.

Here is my code in VB.NET for generating random strings (not exactly the same but still handy for people who are interested in this thing).

Spoiler:Code:
Module StringGenerator

    Sub Main()
        '## Variables and arrays
        Dim intStringsToGenerate As Double
        Dim rndRandom As New Random
        Dim arrLetters() As String = {"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"}

        '## Ask for input
        Console.WriteLine("How many strings do you want to generate?")
        Console.Write("Number of strings:")

        '## Parse the console input to integer
        intStringsToGenerate = Integer.Parse(Console.ReadLine())

        '## Write the strings to console
        For i = 0 To intStringsToGenerate - 1
            Dim strCurrent As String = String.Empty
            Dim intLength As Integer = Integer.Parse(rndRandom.Next(3, 15))

            '## Add the random letters to the string
            For z = 0 To intLength
                strCurrent = strCurrent & arrLetters(rndRandom.Next(0, 26)).ToString
            Next

            '## Write the generated string to the console
            Console.WriteLine(strCurrent)
        Next

    End Sub

End Module