Random word from provided charset and range

Generate random word from provided charset and range.

I generate a random word having from “(\d+)” to “(\d+)” of “(ASCII|UNICODE|polish|english|russian|japanese|emoji)” characters and save it as “([^”]*)"

This step generates random word and save it in scenario cache.

First two arguments: from "(\d+)" to "(\d+)" of allows to set length of the word. For example, from "2" to "4" of will generate word having between 2 and 4 characters. If you want to generate word of fixed length simply pass two times the same value: from "4" to "4" of This will generate word having 4 characters.

Next argument of "(ASCII|UNICODE|polish|english|russian|japanese|emoji)" characters allows to pick charset from which word will be generated. At the moment of writing this guide, there are only few available:

  • ASCII - basic set of characters like: a, b
  • UNICODE - contains multi byte characters like: a, b, ą, ⚔, 🐞
  • polish - characters that exist in polish alphabet
  • english - characters that exist in english alphabet
  • russian - characters that exist in russian alphabet
  • japanese - characters that exist in japanese alphabet
  • emoji - small subset of emojis

If you want to add ability to generate word from your custom charset, see IGenerateARandomRunesOfLengthWithCharactersAndSaveItAs method. You have to add another case with your charset. You have to add it also to step definition. For example, lets say you want to add ability to generate word from german characters, then - in method, add

case "german":
		generateWordFunc = s.APIContext.IGenerateARandomRunesInTheRangeToAndSaveItAs("aAäÄ...")

and update step definition: of "(ASCII|UNICODE|polish|english|russian|japanese|emoji|german)" characters. Repository charset holds many pre-defined charsets, you can use any if you want and add it to your step definition.

Last argument and save it as "([^"]*)"$ allows you to pick name under which generated word will be saved in scenario cache.

Examples:

Given I generate a random word having from "5" to "10" of "russian" characters and save it as "RANDOM_FIRST_NAME"
Given I generate a random word having from "5" to "15" of "UNICODE" characters and save it as "RANDOM_LAST_NAME"
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