rstring: Make a nearly-guaranteed unique string

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Make a nearly-guaranteed unique string

Description

rstring() makes a string that is statically extremely likely to be unique (using default options).

Usage

rstring(n, x = 12, filesafe = TRUE)

Arguments

n	Numeric integer: How many strings to make (default is 1).
x	Numeric integer: Number of letters and digits to use to make the string. Default is 12, leading to a probability of two matching random strings of <3.7E-18 if filesafe = TRUE and <3.1E-22 if FALSE.
filesafe	Logical: If TRUE (default), make file-safe names (leading character is a letter).

Value

Character.

Examples

rstring(1)
rstring(5)
rstring(5, 3)

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