javascript how to make a random string code example

Example 1: 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 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