random.ts

// todo: do we need something better than this?
// todo: usernames can't start with _
// todo: lookup grammar for mxids

export function generateRandomString(length: number): string {
    let result = "";
    const characters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_";
    var charactersLength = characters.length;
    for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
        result += characters.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * charactersLength));
    }
    return result;
}