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corteza/pkg/rand/rand.go

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package rand
import (
"math/rand"
"sync"
"time"
)
// credits: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22892120/how-to-generate-a-random-string-of-a-fixed-length-in-golang
const (
letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789"
letterIdxBits = 6 // 6 bits to represent a letter index
letterIdxMask = 1<<letterIdxBits - 1 // All 1-bits, as many as letterIdxBits
letterIdxMax = 63 / letterIdxBits // # of letter indices fitting in 63 bits
)
var randSrc = rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())
var mu sync.Mutex
func Bytes(n int) []byte {
mu.Lock()
defer mu.Unlock()
b := make([]byte, n)
// A randSrc.Int63() generates 63 random bits, enough for letterIdxMax characters!
for i, cache, remain := n-1, randSrc.Int63(), letterIdxMax; i >= 0; {
if remain == 0 {
cache, remain = randSrc.Int63(), letterIdxMax
}
if idx := int(cache & letterIdxMask); idx < len(letterBytes) {
b[i] = letterBytes[idx]
i--
}
cache >>= letterIdxBits
remain--
}
return b
}