RandomString

Description

The class RandomString allows you to generate random strings.

Static methods

distort

Distorts a string by randomly replacing characters in it.

public static distort(value: string): string

• value: string - string to distort.
• returns: string - distorted string.

nextAlphaChar

Generates a random alpha characted [A-Za-z]

public static nextAlphaChar(): string

• returns: string - random characted.

nextString

Generates a random string, consisting of upper and lower case letters (of the English alphabet), digits (0-9), and symbols ("_,.:-/.[].{},#-!,$=%.+^.&*-() “).

public static nextString(minLength: number, maxLength: number): string

• minLength: number - (optional) minimum string length.
• maxLength: number - maximum string length.
• returns: string - random string.

pick

Picks a random string from an array of strings.

public static pick(values: string[]): string

• values: string[] - Picks a random character from an array of strings.
• returns: string - randomly picked char.

pickChar

Picks a random character from a string.

public static pickChar(values: string): string

• values: string - string to pick a char from.
• returns: string - randomly picked char.

Examples

let value1 = RandomString.pickChar("ABC");     // Possible result: "C"
let value2 = RandomString.pick(["A","B","C"]); // Possible result: "gBW"