Trying to generate random digits with SecureRandom class of rails. Can we create a random number with SecureRandom.hex which includes only digits and no alphabets.
For example:
Instead of
SecureRandom.hex(4)
=> "95bf7267"
It should give
SecureRandom.hex(4)
=> "95237267"
Check out the api for SecureRandom: http://rails.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/SecureRandom.html
I believe you're looking for a different method: #random_number.
SecureRandom.random_number(a_big_number)
Since #hex returns a hexadecimal number, it would be unusual to ask for a random result that contained only numerical characters.
For basic use cases, it's simple enough to use #rand.
rand(9999)
Edited:
I'm not aware of a library that generates a random number of specified length, but it seems simple enough to write one. Here's my pass at it:
def rand_by_length(length)
rand((9.to_s * length).to_i).to_s.center(length, rand(9).to_s).to_i
end
The method #rand_by_length takes an integer specifying length as a param and tries to generate a random number of max digits based on the length. String#center is used to pad the missing numbers with random number characters. Worst case calls #rand for each digit of specified length. That may serve your need.
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