From: Chris Hulan <chris.hulan@...>
Date: 2011-05-11T23:55:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Generate random string matching specific pattern and length

On May 10, 4:56 pm, Kevin <darkint...@gmail.com> wrote:
...
> I'm trying to generate a random set of strings to fill a database with that
> match the following pattern:  /^([A-Z]|[a-z]|-)+$/
...

This gem might fit your need: https://github.com/benburkert/randexp

cheers