random_password: Generate a random password with a specified length

In jimbrig/jimstools: Tools for R

Generate a random password with a specified length

Description

This function generates a random passord sampled from the ASCII table.

Usage

random_password(length = 12, replace = FALSE, extended = TRUE)

Arguments

length	length of the password
replace	sample from the ASCII table with (TRUE) or without (FALSE) replacement?
extended	if FALSE, use alphanumeric characters only; otherwise use all the ASCII characters

Value

a character string

See Also

sample

Examples

random_password()
# set the seed to get fixed password every time; you may just remember the
# seed and forget the real password because it's reproducible
set.seed(123)
random_password()
# long password
random_password(20, TRUE)

jimbrig/jimstools documentation built on Sept. 12, 2022, 12:08 p.m.