randomstring

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randomstring

Generate random strings.

These are the exported function signatures:

func PickLetter() rune
func PickVowel() rune
func PickCons() rune
func Seed()
func String(length int) string
func EnglishFrequencyString(length int) string
func HumanFriendlyString(length int) string
func CookieFriendlyString(length int) string
func CookieFriendlyBytes(length int) []byte
func HumanFriendlyEnglishString(length int) string

Used by cookie and alienpdf.

General info

• Version: 1.2.0
• License: BSD-3

Documentation

Overview

Package randomstring can be used for generating different types of random strings

Index

• func CookieFriendlyBytes(length int) []byte
• func CookieFriendlyString(length int) string
• func CookieFriendlyStringNoAlloc(placeholder []byte)
• func EnglishFrequencyString(length int) string
• func HumanFriendlyEnglishString(length int) string
• func HumanFriendlyString(length int) string
• func PickCons() rune
• func PickLetter() rune
• func PickVowel() rune
• func Seed()
• func String(length int) string
• func StringNoAlloc(placeholder []byte)

Functions

func CookieFriendlyBytes

func CookieFriendlyBytes(length int) []byte

CookieFriendlyBytes generates a random, but cookie-friendly, byte slice of the given length.

func CookieFriendlyString

func CookieFriendlyString(length int) string

CookieFriendlyString generates a random, but cookie-friendly, string of the given length.

func CookieFriendlyStringNoAlloc

func CookieFriendlyStringNoAlloc(placeholder []byte)

CookieFriendlyStringNoAlloc generates a random, but cookie-friendly, string. The bytes of the string are stored in the given byte slice.

func EnglishFrequencyString

func EnglishFrequencyString(length int) string

EnglishFrequencyString returns a random string that uses the letter frequency of English, ref: http://pi.math.cornell.edu/~mec/2003-2004/cryptography/subs/frequencies.html

func HumanFriendlyEnglishString

func HumanFriendlyEnglishString(length int) string

HumanFriendlyEnglishString generates a random, but human-friendly, string of * the given length. It should be possible to read out loud and send in an email * without problems. The string alternates between vowels and consontants. * * The vowels and consontants are wighted by the frequency table

func HumanFriendlyString

func HumanFriendlyString(length int) string

HumanFriendlyString generates a random, but human-friendly, string of

• the given length. It should be possible to read out loud and send in an email
• without problems. The string alternates between vowels and consontants. *
• Google Translate believes the output is Samoan. *
• Example output for length 7: rabunor

func PickCons

func PickCons() rune

PickCons will pick a consonant, weighted by the frequency table

func PickLetter

func PickLetter() rune

PickLetter will pick a letter, weighted by the frequency table

func PickVowel

func PickVowel() rune

PickVowel will pick a vowel, weighted by the frequency table

func Seed

func Seed()

Seed the random number generator in one of many possible ways.

func String

func String(length int) string

String generates a random string of a given length.

func StringNoAlloc

func StringNoAlloc(placeholder []byte)

StringNoAlloc generates a random string in the given byte slice, but does not allocate memory with "make".