File: get_random_string.m

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function str = get_random_string(n);

%@info:
%! @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{str} =} get_random_string (@var{n})
%! @anchor{get_random_string}
%! @sp 1
%! Builds a random string (starting with a letter).
%! @sp 2
%! @strong{Inputs}
%! @sp 1
%! @table @ @var
%! @item a
%! Scalar integer, number of characters in the generated string.
%! @end table
%! @sp 1
%! @strong{Outputs}
%! @sp 1
%! @table @ @var
%! @item str
%! Generated string
%! @end table
%! @sp 2
%! @strong{This function is called by:}
%! @sp 2
%! @strong{This function calls:}
%! @ref{set_time}
%!
%! @end deftypefn
%@eod:

% Copyright (C) 2012 Dynare Team
%
% This file is part of Dynare.
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% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

% AUTHOR(S) stephane DOT adjemian AT univ DASH lemans DOT fr

str0 = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';

m0 = 2*26;
m1 = m0+10;

str = str0(ceil(rand*m0)); % First character has to be a letter!
str = [str, str0(ceil(rand(1,n-1)*m1))];