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class RandomString < String
  def initialize(length = 40)
    super(new_random_string(length))
  end


  private
  def new_random_string(length = 40)
    string = ""
    string += random_string until string.length >= length
    return string[0, length]
  end

  def random_string
    string_pairs = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest( Time.now.to_s.split(//).sort_by {rand}.join ).scan(/.{2}/)
    random_strings = string_pairs.collect{|s| s[0,1].crypt(s)}
    random_string = random_strings.join
    return random_string.gsub(/[^A-Za-z0-9]/, "")
  end
end

Version data entries

25 entries across 25 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
qwester-0.5.0	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.4.0	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.3.5	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.3.4	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.3.3	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.3.2	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.3.1	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.3.0	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.2.2	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.2.1	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.2.0	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.1.4	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.1.3	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.1.2	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.1.1	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.1.0	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.0.9	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.0.8	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.0.7	lib/random_string.rb
qwester-0.0.6	lib/random_string.rb