Private/Get-RandomHex.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Generates a random hexadecimal string of specified length. .DESCRIPTION This function creates a random hexadecimal string of the specified length. It uses the characters '0123456789ABCDEF' to generate the random string. .PARAMETER Length Specifies the length of the hexadecimal string to generate. Must be a positive integer. .OUTPUTS System.String Returns a string containing the randomly generated hexadecimal characters. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-RandomHex -Length 8 Generates a random hexadecimal string of length 8, e.g. "3A7F1B5D". #> Function Get-RandomHex { [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([System.String])] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [System.int32]$Length ) process { $hex = '0123456789ABCDEF' $hexString = [System.Text.StringBuilder]::new() for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Length; $i++) { $randomChar = $hex[(Get-Random -Minimum 0 -Maximum $hex.Length)] $hexString.Append($randomChar) | Out-Null } Write-Output -InputObject $hexString.ToString() } } |