RandomExtensionsNextChars(Random, Int32, StringCreation) Method

Returns an Array of random characters using the specified strategy that has the specified length.

Definition

Namespace: KGySoft.CoreLibraries
Assembly: KGySoft.CoreLibraries (in KGySoft.CoreLibraries.dll) Version: 9.0.0

C#

public static char[] NextChars(
	this Random random,
	int length,
	StringCreation strategy = StringCreation.Ascii
)

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function NextChars ( 
	random As Random,
	length As Integer,
	Optional strategy As StringCreation = StringCreation.Ascii
) As Char()

C++

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static array<wchar_t>^ NextChars(
	Random^ random, 
	int length, 
	StringCreation strategy = StringCreation::Ascii
)

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member NextChars : 
        random : Random * 
        length : int * 
        ?strategy : StringCreation 
(* Defaults:
        let _strategy = defaultArg strategy StringCreation.Ascii
*)
-> char[]

Parameters

random Random: The Random instance to use.
length Int32: The desired length of the result.
strategy StringCreation (Optional): The strategy to use. This parameter is optional.
Default value: Ascii.

Return Value

Char
An array of characters String value generated by the specified strategy that has the specified length.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Random. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException	random is .
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	length is less than 0 -or- strategy is not a valid value of StringCreation.