From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-02-17T18:07:23+09:00
Subject: Re: A better way?

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Ronnie Collinson <notthinking@gmail.com> wrote:
> If the letters dont go higher then F, you could add 10 and convert to
> a hex (string)
>
> (random_insert + 10).to_s(16)

There's another approach: using the alphabet:

irb(main):024:0> char_a = 'A'.bytes.first
=> 65
irb(main):025:0> (char_a + rand(26)).chr
=> "G"

or

random_insert = ...
(char_a + random_insert).chr

Cheers

robert

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