Private/Get-RandomHex.ps1
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Function Get-RandomHex { <# .SYNOPSIS Generates a random hexadecimal string of specified length. .DESCRIPTION This function generates a random hexadecimal string of the specified length. .PARAMETER Length The length of the hexadecimal string to generate. .EXAMPLE Get-RandomHex -Length 8 Generates a random hexadecimal string of length 8. .INPUTS None .OUTPUTS System.String A random hexadecimal string. .NOTES Version: 1.0 DateModified: 22/Jun/2016 LasModifiedBy: Vicente Rodriguez Eguibar vicente@eguibar.com Eguibar Information Technology S.L. http://www.eguibarit.com #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $False)] param ( [parameter(Mandatory = $true, HelpMessage = 'Specify the length of the hexadecimal string.')] [ValidateRange(1, [int]::MaxValue)] [int]$Length ) try { # Generating random hexadecimal string $Hex = '0123456789ABCDEF' [string]$Return = $null for ($i = 1; $i -le $Length; $i++) { $Return += $Hex.Substring((Get-Random -Minimum 0 -Maximum 16), 1) } # Displaying verbose output Write-Verbose "Generated random hexadecimal string: $Return" # Returning the generated string $Return } catch { # Handling exceptions Get-CurrentErrorToDisplay -CurrentError $error[0] } #end Try } #end Function |