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rand.go
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package util
// util
// Copyright (C) 2018 Maximilian Pachl
// MIT License
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//
// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
// SOFTWARE.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// imports
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import (
"math/rand"
"time"
)
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// consants
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
const (
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
)
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// global variables
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
var src = rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// public functions
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// RandomString string returns a random string with the length n.
// Stolen from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22892120/how-to-generate-a-random-tring-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)
}