YTSFlix_Go/vendor/github.com/asticode/go-astitools/string/rand.go
2018-11-04 15:58:15 +01:00

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Go

package astistring
import (
"math/rand"
"time"
)
const (
letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
letterIdxBits = 6 // 6 bits to represent a letter index
letterIdxMask = 1<<letterIdxBits - 1 // All 1-bits, as many as letterIdxBits
letterIdxMax = 63 / letterIdxBits // # of letter indices fitting in 63 bits
)
var src = rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())
// RandomString generates a random string
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22892120/how-to-generate-a-random-string-of-a-fixed-length-in-golang
func RandomString(n int) string {
b := make([]byte, n)
// A src.Int63() generates 63 random bits, enough for letterIdxMax characters!
for i, cache, remain := n-1, src.Int63(), letterIdxMax; i >= 0; {
if remain == 0 {
cache, remain = src.Int63(), letterIdxMax
}
if idx := int(cache & letterIdxMask); idx < len(letterBytes) {
b[i] = letterBytes[idx]
i--
}
cache >>= letterIdxBits
remain--
}
return string(b)
}