package main import ( "math/rand" "time" ) // randomString generates a pseudo-random alpha-numeric string with given length. func randomString(length int) string { rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano()) k := make([]rune, length) for i := 0; i < length; i++ { c := rand.Intn(35) if c < 10 { c += 48 // numbers (0-9) (0+48 == 48 == '0', 9+48 == 57 == '9') } else { c += 87 // lower case alphabets (a-z) (10+87 == 97 == 'a', 35+87 == 122 = 'z') } k[i] = rune(c) } return string(k) }