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lib/randomizer.ex
defmodule Randomizer do
@moduledoc """
Random string generator
"""
@letters "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
@numbers "0123456789"
@doc """
Generates a string based on random characters of a given length
## Options
* `:all` - random string letters and numbers
* `:alpha` - random string of letters
* `:downcase` - random string of lowercase non-numeric characters
* `:numeric` - numeric random string
* `:upcase` - upper case non-numeric random string
## Example
iex> Randomizer.generate!(20)
"PEeAPSFmEIxJDVeN8ioH"
iex> Randomizer.generate!(15, :alpha)
"PEbDWKRCKJVWkfp"
iex> Randomizer.generate!(30, :downcase)
"nqvvrbvkhciwzfbcocysvbdiyrcqyd"
iex> Randomizer.generate!(10, :numeric)
"7721725515"
iex> Randomizer.generate!(25, :upcase)
"CZAIDPFTRZNGNKETOZCJNUCRUTXTYX"
"""
def generate!(length, type \\ :all) do
type
|> get_characters!()
|> String.split("", trim: true)
|> (&do_generate(length, &1)).()
end
defp do_generate(length, characters) do
length
|> get_range()
|> Enum.reduce([], fn _, acc -> [Enum.random(characters) | acc] end)
|> Enum.join("")
end
defp get_characters!(:all), do: @letters <> String.downcase(@letters) <> @numbers
defp get_characters!(:alpha), do: @letters <> String.downcase(@letters)
defp get_characters!(:downcase), do: String.downcase(@letters)
defp get_characters!(:numeric), do: @numbers
defp get_characters!(:upcase), do: @letters
defp get_characters!(type), do: raise("Unsupoorted Randomizer type. Received #{inspect(type)}")
defp get_range(length) when length > 1, do: 1..length
defp get_range(_length), do: [1]
end