Generating Random IDs with Apps Script
This post is a corrected post after AI explains the code included in the book “Google Apps Script 101: Building Work Automation For Free”. Added a strikethrough when editing what AI has written, and added color when edited by author
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Summary
In this blog post, we will explore how to generate random IDs using Apps Script. We will write a function that creates a random ID of a specified length using a character pool. This can be useful for generating unique identifiers for various purposes.
Code
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function getRandomId() { const idLength = 10 const charPool = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789' let randomId = '' for (let i = 0; i < idLength; i++) { randomId += charPool.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * charPool.length)) } return randomId } |
Code Explanation
The code defines a function getRandomId that generates a random ID. It uses a constant idLength to specify the length of the ID, and a constant charPool to define the characters that can be used in the ID.
A variable randomId is initialized as an empty string. The function then loops idLength times, each time appending a random character from the charPool using the charAt method.
Finally, the generated ID is returned.
AI Prompt
Write a function that generates a random ID of a specified length using a character pool. Log the generated ID. The function should take the ID length and the character pool as parameters.
