Fill up string array with random characters?

[pedestrian via DotNetMonster.com]

Let's say I declares an array of string (of size 1000),
how to fill every elements of it with random characters?

Dim myStrArray(999) As String
...

Thanks...

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Pedestrian, Penang.

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[GhostInAK]

Hello pedestrian via DotNetMonster.com,

Create an array of the characters you want to fill from. Then check out
the Ssytem.Random class.

-Boo

Let's say I declares an array of string (of size 1000), how to fill
every elements of it with random characters?

Dim myStrArray(999) As String
..
Thanks...

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[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Pedestrian, Penang
In addition to the other comments:

How long do you want each string?

How random do you want each string?

To get random "password" keys (WEP Keys) I will use
RNGCryptoServiceProvider.GetNonZeroBytes:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...zerobytes.aspx

Followed by BitConverter.ToString:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3a733s97.aspx
If you don't want or need a cryptographically strong sequence of values, you
could use System.Random in a loop. Just remember to create the new
System.Random object outside the loop then call its Next method inside the
loop:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...em.Random.aspx

I would use the Random.Next method that accepted a range of values...
passing in Char code points

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Hope this helps
Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]
..NET Application Architect, Enthusiast, & Evangelist
T.S. Bradley - http://www.tsbradley.net
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| Let's say I declares an array of string (of size 1000),
| how to fill every elements of it with random characters?
|
| Dim myStrArray(999) As String
| ..
|
| Thanks...
|
| --
| Pedestrian, Penang.
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[pedestrian via DotNetMonster.com]

Thanks for replying... Mr Jay
I would like to use the strings to insert values to database columns...
such as FirstName, LastName, Address etc.. columns...

Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook] wrote:

>Pedestrian, Penang
In addition to the other comments:

How long do you want each string?

How random do you want each string?

To get random "password" keys (WEP Keys) I will use
RNGCryptoServiceProvider.GetNonZeroBytes:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...zerobytes.aspx

Followed by BitConverter.ToString:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3a733s97.aspx

If you don't want or need a cryptographically strong sequence of values, you
could use System.Random in a loop. Just remember to create the new
System.Random object outside the loop then call its Next method inside the
loop:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...em.Random.aspx

I would use the Random.Next method that accepted a range of values...
passing in Char code points

| Let's say I declares an array of string (of size 1000),
| how to fill every elements of it with random characters?
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| Thanks...

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Pedestrian, Penang.

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