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How to Generate a Random String in Java using Apache Commons Lang

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In a previous post, we had shared a small function that generated random string in Java. It turns out that similar functionality is available from a class in the extremely useful apache commons lang library.

If you are using maven, download the jar using the following dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
    <version>20030203.000129</version>
</dependency>

The class we are interested in is RandomStringUtils. Listed below are some functions you may find useful.

  • Generate and print a random string of length 5 from all characters available
    
    System.out.println(RandomStringUtils.random(5));
  • Generate and print random string of length 10 from upper and lower case alphabets
    
    System.out.println(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(10));
  • Generate and print a random number of length 12
    
    System.out.println(RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(12));
  • Generate and print a random string of length 5 using only a, b, c and d characters
    
    System.out.println(RandomStringUtils.random(10,new char[]{'a','b','c','d'}));
    




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