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How to generate a string of randomly chosen characters in JS
Gutha Vamsi KrishnaOverview
In this shot, we will learn to generate a string composed of randomly chosen characters using JavaScript.
We can achieve this using the Math.random() function, which gives a random number between 0 and 1. Let's take a look at an example.
Code
//declare the characters you needed
const chrs ='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
//function that returns string
function generateString(length) {
//initialize emtpy string
let result = ' ';
//get given characters length
const charactersLength = chrs.length;
//loop that gives random character for each iteration
for ( let i = 0; i < length; i++ ) {
result += chrs.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * charactersLength));
}
//return the generated string
return result;
}
//call function and print the returned string
console.log(generateString(20));Explanation
In the above code snippet:
- Line 2: We declare and initialize the string of characters
chrsthat need to be in the generated string. - Line 5: We define a function that takes the length of the string as a parameter and returns the generated string with the given length.
- Line 8: We declare and initialize an empty string to store each character generated by the
forloop in line 14. - Line 11: We store the length of the characters that we gave in
chrs. - Line 14: We have a
forloop that iterates until it reaches the string's given length. - Line 15: We get each random character for each iteration of the
forloop using theMath.random()function. - Line 19: We return the generated string.
- Line 23: We make a function call on the function
generateString()and pass the length of the string as a parameter and print the returned string.
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