NAME

Data::Unixish::randstr - Generate a stream of random strings

VERSION

This document describes version 1.572 of Data::Unixish::randstr (from Perl distribution Data-Unixish), released on 2019-10-26.

SYNOPSIS

In command line:

 % dux randstr
 trWFSsAwZH4Cli90

 % dux randstr --min-len 1 --max-len 5 --charset AZ -n 5
 WXY
 KQDCG
 MGS
 QMEH
 JDOCK

FUNCTIONS

randstr

Usage:

 randstr(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Generate a stream of random strings.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

charset => str (default: "AZaz09")
Character set to use.

"az" is basic Latin lowercase letters. "AZ" uppercase letters. "AZaz" lowercase and uppercase letters. "AZaz09" lowercase + uppercase letters + Arabic numbers. 09 numbers.
in => array
Input stream (e.g. array or filehandle).
max_len => int (default: 16)
Maximum possible length (inclusive).
min_len => int (default: 16)
Minimum possible length (inclusive).
num => int (default: 1)
Number of strings to generate, -1 means infinite.
out => any
Output stream (e.g. array or filehandle).

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at <https://metacpan.org/release/Data-Unixish>.

SOURCE

Source repository is at <https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Data-Unixish>.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Data-Unixish>

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.