(let [chars "0123456789ABCDEF"] ...)

Replace `reduce` with `apply` to get the performance benefit of using a
string builder behind the scenes.

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Cecil Westerhof <cldwester...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I want to start using Clojure again. I made the following simple function
> to generate a PIN:
> (defn create-pin
>   ([] (create-pin 8))
>   ([n]
>    (let [chars (map char (range (int \0) (inc (int \9))))]
>         (reduce str (repeatedly n #(rand-nth chars))))))
>
> So far so good. But I want to improve a little.
>
> I think n should at least be four, but not greater as 16. What is the
> Clojure way to do this?
>
> The next step is that I want to use hexadecimal numbers. So I should use
> (range (int \0) (inc (int \9))) combined with (range (int \A) (inc (int
> \F))).
> How would I do that?
>
> Is there anything I should do differently?
>
> Of-course I make a general function that is then called from create-pin
> and create-pin-hex.
>
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