pip_services3_commons.random.RandomString module

pip_services3_commons.random.RandomString

RandomString implementation

copyright: Conceptual Vision Consulting LLC 2018-2019, see AUTHORS for more details.
license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.

class pip_services3_commons.random.RandomString.RandomString

Bases: object

Random generator for string values.

Example:

value1 = RandomString.pickChar("ABC")     # Possible result: "C"
value2 = RandomString.pick(["A","B","C"]) # Possible result: "gBW"

static distort(value: str) → str 

Distorts a string by randomly replacing characters in it.

Parameters: value – a string to distort.
Returns: a distored string.

static next_alpha_char() → str : Generates random alpha characted [A-Za-z] :return: a random characted.

static next_string(min_size: int, max_size: int) → str 

Generates a random string, consisting of upper and lower case letters (of the English alphabet), digits (0-9), and symbols (“_,.:-/.[].{},#-!,$=%.+^.&*-() “).

Parameters

min_size – (optional) minimum string length.
max_size – maximum string length.

Returns

a random string.

static pick(values: List[str]) → str 

Picks a random string from an array of string.

Parameters: values – a string to pick from
Returns: a randomly picked string.

static pick_char(values: str) → str 

Picks a random character from a string.

Parameters: values – a string to pick a char from
Returns: a randomly picked char.