Re: Random String Generator

["Dave Odom" <Dave.Odom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan,
 
How about using the RANDOM function in REXX for the number and then build your own random string generator using the RANDOM number function?   It's a native i solution.
 
Dave

> > > Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 9/8/2008 10:03 >>>
Last week's discussion on CAPTCHA made me curious about random number 
and random string generation because random codes are harder to break 
than say a fixed collection of codes or derived images.

So I set about to write a couple RPG procedures that could be used for 
random number and random string generation.  For example, the following 
screen shows a program for generating random strings of 4-8 characters 
based on the lower-case English alphabet.

http://www.radile.com/rdweb/temp/random.html 

I found that with even a limited alphabet, the procedure can generate 
thousands of unique strings of 4-8 characters.  It was just interesting; 
A curiosity.

I don't have an immediate use for something like this, but I think it 
will come in handy sometime in a toolkit.

Nathan.