govote/utils/random.go

package utils

import (
	"math/rand"
)

const charSet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789"

// GenerateRandomString takes a length and returns a random string of that length.
// This function is used for generating random IDs for the votings.
func GenerateRandomString(length int) string {
	result := make([]byte, length)
	for i := 0; i < length; i++ {
		result[i] = charSet[rand.Intn(len(charSet))]
	}
	return string(result)
}