How can I get a random number in Kotlin?

Question

A generic method that can return a random integer between 2 parameters like ruby does with rand(0..n).

Any suggestion?

Answer 1

Whenever there is a situation where you want to generate key or mac address which is hexadecimal number having digits based on user demand, and that too using android and kotlin, then you my below code helps you:

private fun getRandomHexString(random: SecureRandom, numOfCharsToBePresentInTheHexString: Int): String {
    val sb = StringBuilder()
    while (sb.length < numOfCharsToBePresentInTheHexString) {
        val randomNumber = random.nextInt()
        val number = String.format("%08X", randomNumber)
        sb.append(number)
    }
    return sb.toString()
}