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Steven Zack
Steven Zack

Reputation: 5104

C# - What is the most efficient way to generate 10 character random alphanumeric string in?

What is the most efficient way to generate 10-character random alphanumeric string in c#?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 9078

Answers (4)

juFo
juFo

Reputation: 18577

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path.getrandomfilename.aspx

string randomName = Path.GetRandomFileName();
randomName = randomName.Replace(".", string.Empty);

// take substring...

eg:

?Path.GetRandomFileName();
"rlwi1uew.5ha"
?Path.GetRandomFileName();
"gcwhcoiy.vxl"
?Path.GetRandomFileName();
"2pzyljzf.k41"
?Path.GetRandomFileName();
"kyjzcccf.d3c"

Upvotes: 6

BrunoLM
BrunoLM

Reputation: 100361

Guid is pretty fast

Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N").Substring(0, 10);

From MSDN

A GUID is a 128-bit integer (16 bytes) that can be used across all computers and networks wherever a unique identifier is required. Such an identifier has a very low probability of being duplicated.

It might not be unique for a billion requests since you need only 10 characters. But it generates a string from 0 to 9 and A to F.

Performance

Tested using

public static void Test(Action a)
{
    Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
    sw.Start();

    for (var i = 0; i < 10000; ++i)
        a();

    sw.Stop();

    Console.WriteLine("ms: {0} ticks: {1}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds, sw.ElapsedTicks);
}

Guid method

Test(() =>
{
    var xxx = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N").Substring(0, 10);
});

// Result
// 6     ms
// 17273 ticks

Bytes method

Test(() =>
{
    var buffer = new byte[5];
    new Random().NextBytes(buffer);
    var x = string.Join("", buffer.Select(b => b.ToString("X2")));
});

// Result:
// 57     ms
// 165642 ticks

It is up to you to pick between high speed or high reliability.

Upvotes: -4

agent-j
agent-j

Reputation: 27943

var buffer = new byte[15];
new Random().NextBytes(buffer);
string rnd = Convert.ToBase64String (buffer).Substring (10);

The only problem I see with this is that it also uses + and /, so you'll have to replace them with something, too.

string rnd = Convert.ToBase64String (buffer)
   .Substring (10)
   .Replace ('/', '0')
   .Replace ('+', '1');

Upvotes: -2

THX-1138
THX-1138

Reputation: 21750

var buffer = new byte[5];
new Random().NextBytes(buffer);
Console.WriteLine(string.Join("", buffer.Select(b => b.ToString("X2"))));

Upvotes: 3

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