Random String Generator

1. How to generate a random string
2. How to generate a set of random strings
3. Applications of a random string generator

    How to generate a random string

To generate a random string of characters (character sequence), start by specifying which alphabet to use. "Alphabet" here means simply the collection (or 'bag') of characters from which the random string generator has to pick. By default, the "Characters to use" field contains all lowercase and uppercase letters of the English alphabet, all digits, and a set of special characters including most punctuation signs. Note that you cannot use a comma or a space in the input character set as these, alongside tabs and new lines, are used to discriminate between characters.

You can easily input the German, Russian, French, Spanish, or any other characters into the string generator, as well as any symbols you like, other than the abovementioned few. You can remove any characters you don't want, but you need to have at least 2 characters as input.

After you've chosen your character set, select whether the output should be capitalized or not. For example, if the character set consists of "a b c d" and the resulting string is "bac", the generator will output "BAC" if this setting is on.

You can also choose to get only unique characters in the random string. Note that the combination of this option and the capitalization option results in the generated string containing only unique uppercase letters and any other characters you've elected to use. For example, if the character set is "a b c d A B C D" and both capitalize and "Unique strings only" are selected, the random string generator may output a string like "BAC", but it will never output a string like "BAACB".

Press the "generate random string" button to perform the equivalent of multiple dice rolls with a dice with as many sides as the number of symbols on the characters set.

    How to generate a set of random strings

You can use the string generator to produce a set of strings. If you are doing a raffle, for example, you would want to also flip on the "Unique strings only" checkbox so that the tool returns a set of unique randomly generated strings.

If that is not what you're going for, then simply change the "Number of strings" field value however many strings you want (up to a maximum of 10,000). The easiest way to retrieve the list of random strings is to select it all (Ctrl+A on a PC), and then copy it (Ctrl+C on a PC).

    Applications of a random string generator

While a sequence of random strings can be used for many things, often they find application in games and raffles. For example, if you are doing a charity lottery and want to randomly distribute prizes to the charity donors at an event, you can generate a set of unique strings which can be given out to participants as tokens. You can then paste the list of strings in our randomizer and randomize it to determine either who gets the prize (if it is just one), or the order in which the prizes are to be given to fundraising participants.