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resources/[carscripts]/community_bridge/lib/utility/shared/ids.lua

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+Ids = Ids or {}
+
+
+---This will generate a unique id.
+---@param tbl table | nil
+---@param len number | nil
+---@param pattern string | nil
+---@return string
+Ids.CreateUniqueId = function(tbl, len, pattern) -- both optional
+    tbl = tbl or {} -- table to check uniqueness. Ids to check against must be the key to the tables value
+    len = len or 8
+
+    local id = ""
+    for i = 1, len do
+        local char = ""
+        if pattern then
+            local charIndex = math.random(1, #pattern)
+            char = pattern:sub(charIndex, charIndex)
+        else
+            char = math.random(1, 2) == 1 and string.char(math.random(65, 90)) or math.random(0, 9) -- CAP letter and number
+        end
+        id = id .. char
+    end
+    if tbl[id] then
+        return Ids.CreateUniqueId(tbl, len, pattern)
+    end
+    return id
+end
+
+
+---This will generate a unique id.
+---@param tbl table
+---@param len number
+---@return string
+Ids.RandomUpper = function(tbl, len)
+    return Ids.CreateUniqueId(tbl, len, "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
+end
+
+---This will generate a unique id.
+---@param tbl table
+---@param len number
+---@return string
+Ids.RandomLower = function(tbl, len)
+    return Ids.CreateUniqueId(tbl, len, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
+end
+
+---This will generate a unique id.
+---@param tbl table
+---@param len number
+---@return string
+Ids.RandomString = function(tbl, len)
+    return Ids.CreateUniqueId(tbl, len, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
+end
+
+---This will generate a unique id.
+---@param tbl table
+---@param len number
+---@return string
+Ids.RandomNumber = function(tbl, len)
+    return Ids.CreateUniqueId(tbl, len, "0123456789")
+end
+
+---This will generate a unique id.
+---@param tbl table
+---@param len number
+---@return string
+Ids.Random = function(tbl, len)
+    return Ids.CreateUniqueId(tbl, len)
+end
+
+exports("Ids", Ids)
+return Ids