Random string function

[vesnikos]

hi we have a random string function please? currently i am doing this

vars:
  RANDOM_STRING:  "{{ now | toString | sha256sum | trunc 6 }}"

it would be nice to have something more clear like:

vars:
  RANDOM_STRING:  "{{ random alpha 6 }}"

[trulede]

Try "{{ uuid | trunc 6 }}" perhaps ?

but perhaps its better to not depend on task, and rather:

vars:
  RANDOM_STRING:
    sh: tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c 6; echo

which is a method that lets you do anything (there are lots of ways to get a random string ....) depending on what you need.

[vesnikos]

i agree; there are multiple ways to formulate a random number; but to borrow from python: `There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.` pep-20

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