On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Lloyd Linklater <lloyd / 2live4.com> wrote: > I have been trying to generate a random string. One approach in, say, > pascal would be something like this: > > function GetRandomChar: char; > var > r: integer; > begin > r := random(36); > case r of > 0..25: result := chr(ord('a') + r); > else : result := chr(ord('0') + r); > end; > end; > 'Translating' your Pascal program I'd do something like this: def get_random_char (r = rand(36)) < 26 ? (?a+r).chr : (?0+r-26).chr end 10.times { puts get_random_char} # => 10 # >> 5 # >> x # >> p # >> k # >> s # >> x # >> d # >> w # >> 9 # >> t -- Il pinguino ha rubato il mio lanciafiamme. Blog: http://citizen428.net/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/citizen428