From f00b7c9013fd97c6fe4e2498e5a7b8c26c4bea96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Angelos Chalaris <chalarangelo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 18:33:29 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Update and rename randomString.md to randomAlphaNumeric.md

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 snippets/randomAlphaNumeric.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 snippets/randomString.md       | 18 ------------------
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 create mode 100644 snippets/randomAlphaNumeric.md
 delete mode 100644 snippets/randomString.md

diff --git a/snippets/randomAlphaNumeric.md b/snippets/randomAlphaNumeric.md
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+---
+title: randomAlphaNumeric
+tags: string,random,advanced
+---
+
+Returns a random string with the specified length.
+
+- Use `Array.from()` to create a new array with the specified `length`.
+- Use `Math.random()` generate a random floating-point number, `Number.prototype.toString(36)` to convert it to an alphanumeric string.
+- Use `String.prototype.slice(2)` to remove the integral part and decimal point from each generated number.
+- Use `Array.prototype.some()` to repeat this process as many times as required, up to `length`, as it produces a variable-length string each time.
+- Finally, use `String.prototype.slice()` to trim down the generated string if it's longer than the given `length`.
+
+```js
+const randomAlphaNumeric = length => {
+  let s = '';
+  Array.from({ length }).some(() => {
+    s += Math.random().toString(36).slice(2);
+    return s.length >= length;
+  });
+  return s.slice(0, length);
+};
+```
+
+```js
+randomAlphaNumeric(5); // '0afad'
+```
diff --git a/snippets/randomString.md b/snippets/randomString.md
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----
-title: randomString
-tags: math,random,beginner
----
-
-Returns a random string of the specified length.
-
-- `Math.random()` generate a random number
-- `ToString(16)` converts the number into a text string
-- Finally, the `substr(2,8)` extracts chracters between the positions 2  and supplied length.
-
-```js
-const randomString = (length) => Math.random().toString(20).substr(2, length)
-```
-
-```js
-randomString(5); // '0afad'
-```