how to create a random string of alphabets and get text

Question

I am searching for methods to generate a string of alphabets and generate text to assert it, in selenium webDriver. i am trying to create a customer with random name. however, I have to search for the newly created customer and click on the text to enter further info.

Answer 1

You can use RandomStringUtils from apache commonlang api.

// random string of length 8 composed of alphabetic characters 
String s = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(8); 

// random string of length 8 composed of alphabetic characters and numbers
String s = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(8); 

// random string of length 8 composed only of lettes a, b, and c
String alphabet = "abc";
String s = RandomStringUtils.random(8, alphabet);

Answer 2

You can generate random alphanumeric number as :-

import java.util.UUID;

String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();

//Now this uuid enter to your text box
driver.findElement(By.id("text box id")).sendKeys(uuid);

Answer 3

public static String randomString(int intValue) throws Exception {
        char c[] = {'A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'};
        int randomPosition;
        String randomString = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < intValue; i++) {
            randomPosition = generateRandomIntIntRange(0, 51);
            randomString = randomString + c[randomPosition]; 
        }
        System.out.println(randomString);
        return randomString;        
    }