Make GUID and Random String - Node.js String

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Make GUID and Random String

Demo Code


// And some more...
function makeGUID () {
  // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/105034/how-to-create-a-guid-uuid-in-javascript
  return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function ( c ) {
    var r = Math.random() * 16|0, v = c == 'x' ? r : ( r&0x3|0x8 );
    return v.toString( 16 );
  });// www. j av a  2 s .  c  o  m
}

function randomString ( length ) {
  // Create random string that can be used to name new session
  // Stollen from: https://github.com/firebase/firepad
  var seed = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
  var name = "";

  for ( var i = 0; i < length; i++ ) {
    name += seed.charAt( Math.floor( Math.random() * seed.length ) );
  }

  return name;
}

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