Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

randomString ( _string ; _length )

Returns a random string from among the argument strings.

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Teruhiro Komaki   Teruhiro Komaki - Show more from this author
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  Sample input:
frd_randomString ( "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" ; 5 )
  Sample output:
"tyhjv" or "dxmwm" or "mhtcx"

  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Returns a random string from among the argument strings.

Invalid if the string contains a newline.

 

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