Creating implementation for idiom 317 : Random string

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# 317 Random string

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Create a string s of n characters having uniform random values out of the 62 alphanumeric values A-Z, a-z, 0-9

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import "math/rand"

const alphanum = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"

func randomString(n int) string {
	a := make([]byte, n)
	for i := range a {
		a[i] = alphanum[rand.Intn(len(alphanum))]
	}
	return string(a)
}

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import "math/rand"

const alphanum = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"

func randomString(n int, rng *rand.Rand) string {
	a := make([]byte, n)
	for i := range a {
		a[i] = alphanum[rng.Intn(len(alphanum))]
	}
	return string(a)
}

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import "math/rand"

var alphanum = []rune("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")

func randomString(n int, rng *rand.Rand) string {
	a := make([]rune, n)
	for i := range a {
		a[i] = alphanum[rng.Intn(len(alphanum))]
	}
	return string(a)
}

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const s = ((n) => {
    const alphanum = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
    let s = "";
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {
        s += alphanum[~~(Math.random() * alphanum.length)];
    }
    return s;
})(n);

import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
import static java.util.Collections.shuffle;

String s = "";
Integer z[], i = 0;
char a[] = new char[62], c;
for (c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; ++c) a[i++] = c;
for (c = 'A'; c <= 'Z'; ++c) a[i++] = c;
for (c = '0'; c <= '9'; ++c) a[i++] = c;
z = new Integer[62];
for (i = 0; i < 62; ++i) z[i] = i;
shuffle(asList(z));
for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) s = s + a[z[i]];

function RandomString(Size: Integer): String;
const
  Chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
  Len = Length(Chars);
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  Result := '';
  SetLength(Result, Size);
  for i := 1 to Size do
  begin
    Result[i] := Chars[Random(Len)+1];
  end;
end;

my @chars = ('A'..'Z', 'a'..'z', '0'..'9'); 
my $s=''; 
$s .= $chars[int rand @chars] for 1..$n;

import random
import string

alphanum = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
s = ''.join(random.choices(alphanum, k=n))

from random import shuffle
from string import ascii_letters, digits

a = list(ascii_letters + digits)
shuffle(a)
s = ''.join(a[:n])

require 'securerandom'

s = SecureRandom.alphanumeric(n)

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use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
use rand::Rng;

fn random_string(n: usize) -> String {
    rand::thread_rng()
        .sample_iter(Alphanumeric)
        .take(n)
        .map(char::from)
        .collect()
}

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use rand::distributions::{Alphanumeric, DistString};

fn random_string(n: usize) -> String {
    Alphanumeric.sample_string(&mut rand::thread_rng(), n)
}

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