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 String distort(String value)

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

nextAlphaChar

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

public static char nextAlphaChar()

• returns: char - 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 String nextString(int min, int max)

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

pick

Picks a random string from an array of strings.

public static String pick(String[] values)

• 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 char pickChar(String values)

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

Examples

{
  char value1 = RandomString.pickChar("ABC");     // Possible result: "C"
  String value2 = RandomString.pick(new String {"A","B","C"}); // Possible result: "B"
  }