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Re: Perl : How to Create Unique String/Number?

by sleepingsquirrel (Chaplain)
on Jan 27, 2005 at 19:53 UTC ( [id://425729]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Perl : How to Create Unique String/Number?

Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but maybe a place to start. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

$len =  11 + int(rand(10));
$r  .=  chr(48 + rand(74)) for (1..$len);
$r   =~ s/\W//g;
print "$r\n";

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