random key generation

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/utilities.cpp b/utilities.cpp
index e857d5d..8b52ce2 100644
--- a/utilities.cpp
+++ b/utilities.cpp
@@ -938,4 +938,15 @@ wstring toUTF16(string str) //convert as much as possible
 	utf8::replace_invalid(str.begin(), str.end(), back_inserter(tmpstr));

 	utf8::utf8to16(tmpstr.begin(), tmpstr.end(), back_inserter(ustr));

 	return ustr;

+}

+

+string get_random(int length)

+{

+	string chars("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890");

+	string data;

+	boost::random_device rng;

+	boost::variate_generator<boost::random_device&, boost::uniform_int<>> gen(rng, boost::uniform_int<>(0, chars.length()-1));

+	for(int i = 0; i < length; ++i) 

+        data += chars[gen()];

+	return data;

 }
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