CCCPaste

Random Characters

function randomChrs(len) {
  // Just an array of the characters we want in our random string
  var chrs = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z',
              'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z',
              '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'];
              
  // Check that a length has been supplied and if not default to 32
  len = (isNaN(len)) ? 32 : len;
  
  // The following section shuffles the array just to further randomise the output
  var tmp, current, top = chrs.length; 
  if(top)
  {
    while(--top) 
    { 
      current = Math.floor(Math.random() * (top + 1)); 
      tmp = chrs[current]; 
      chrs[current] = chrs[top]; 
      chrs[top] = tmp; 
    }
  }
  
  // Just a holder for our random string
  var randomStr = '';
  
  // Loop through the required number of characters grabbing one at random from the array each time
  for(i=0;i