RandomExtensionsNextString(Random, Int32, Int32, StringCreation) Method

Returns a random String using the specified strategy that has the length between the specified range.

Definition

Namespace: KGySoft.CoreLibraries
Assembly: KGySoft.CoreLibraries (in KGySoft.CoreLibraries.dll) Version: 10.0.0

C#

public static string NextString(
	this Random random,
	int minLength,
	int maxLength,
	StringCreation strategy = StringCreation.Ascii
)

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function NextString ( 
	random As Random,
	minLength As Integer,
	maxLength As Integer,
	Optional strategy As StringCreation = StringCreation.Ascii
) As String

C++

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static String^ NextString(
	Random^ random, 
	int minLength, 
	int maxLength, 
	StringCreation strategy = StringCreation::Ascii
)

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member NextString : 
        random : Random * 
        minLength : int * 
        maxLength : int * 
        ?strategy : StringCreation 
(* Defaults:
        let _strategy = defaultArg strategy StringCreation.Ascii
*)
-> string

Parameters

random Random: The Random instance to use.
minLength Int32: The inclusive lower bound of the length of the returned string.
maxLength Int32: The inclusive upper bound of the length of the returned string. Must be greater or equal to minLength.
strategy StringCreation (Optional): The strategy to use. This parameter is optional.
Default value: Ascii.

Return Value

String
A String value generated by the specified strategy that has the length greater than or equal to minLength and less and less than or equal to maxLength.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Random. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException	random is .
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	minLength is less than 0 or maxLength is less than minLength -or- strategy is not a valid value of StringCreation.