javascript choose random string code example

Example 1: javascript generate random string

// Generate a random alphanumerical string of length 11 ( change substring parameter for other length)
Math.random().toString(36).substring(2);

Example 2: javascript get random string

function getRandomString(length) {
    var randomChars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
    var result = '';
    for ( var i = 0; i < length; i++ ) {
        result += randomChars.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * randomChars.length));
    }
    return result;
}

//usage: getRandomString(20); // pass desired length of random string

Example 3: js random string

function randomString(length) {
		var result           = '';
		var characters       = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789~!@#$%^&*()_+=-';
		var charactersLength = characters.length;
		for ( var i = 0; i < length; i++ ) {
		   result += characters.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * charactersLength));
		}
		return result;
	 }
randomString(4);

Example 4: random string from array javascript

var textArray = [
    'song1.ogg',
    'song2.ogg'
];
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*textArray.length);

Example 5: how to generate random string in javascript

Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15) + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15);