From 3d5079a4e6a9b80ef78993c57476aa751c2d0dfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: catloversg <152669316+catloversg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:49:20 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] REFACTOR: Remove duplicate random alphanumeric string
 functions (#2601)

---
 src/CodingContract/ContractGenerator.ts | 10 +---------
 src/Server/Server.ts                    |  4 ++--
 src/utils/StringHelperFunctions.ts      |  2 +-
 src/utils/helpers/createRandomString.ts | 12 ------------
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/utils/helpers/createRandomString.ts

diff --git a/src/CodingContract/ContractGenerator.ts b/src/CodingContract/ContractGenerator.ts
index 472bf7021..9cb302c83 100644
--- a/src/CodingContract/ContractGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/CodingContract/ContractGenerator.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { BaseServer } from "../Server/BaseServer";
 import { getRandomIntInclusive } from "../utils/helpers/getRandomIntInclusive";
 import { ContractFilePath, resolveContractFilePath } from "../Paths/ContractFilePath";
 import { clampNumber } from "../utils/helpers/clampNumber";
+import { getRandomAlphanumericString } from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
 
 export function tryGeneratingRandomContract(numberOfTries: number): void {
   /**
@@ -213,15 +214,6 @@ function getRandomServer(): BaseServer | null {
   return randServer;
 }
 
-function getRandomAlphanumericString(length: number) {
-  const alphanumericChars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
-  let result = "";
-  for (let i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
-    result += alphanumericChars.charAt(Math.random() * alphanumericChars.length);
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
 /**
  * This function will return null if the randomized name collides with another contract's name on the specified server.
  * Callers of this function must return early and not generate a contract when it happens. It likely happens when there
diff --git a/src/Server/Server.ts b/src/Server/Server.ts
index dd9980f49..44335de25 100644
--- a/src/Server/Server.ts
+++ b/src/Server/Server.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { BaseServer } from "./BaseServer";
 
 import { currentNodeMults } from "../BitNode/BitNodeMultipliers";
 
-import { createRandomString } from "../utils/helpers/createRandomString";
+import { getRandomAlphanumericString } from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
 import { createRandomIp } from "../utils/IPAddress";
 import { IReviverValue, constructorsForReviver } from "../utils/JSONReviver";
 import { IPAddress } from "../Types/strings";
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class Server extends BaseServer {
 
     // "hacknet-node-X" hostnames are reserved for Hacknet Servers
     if (this.hostname.startsWith("hacknet-node-") || this.hostname.startsWith("hacknet-server-")) {
-      this.hostname = createRandomString(10);
+      this.hostname = getRandomAlphanumericString(10);
     }
 
     this.purchasedByPlayer = params.purchasedByPlayer != null ? params.purchasedByPlayer : false;
diff --git a/src/utils/StringHelperFunctions.ts b/src/utils/StringHelperFunctions.ts
index b89631d5c..5991972e6 100644
--- a/src/utils/StringHelperFunctions.ts
+++ b/src/utils/StringHelperFunctions.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function containsAllStrings(arr: string[]): boolean {
 }
 
 // Generates a random alphanumeric string with N characters
-export function generateRandomString(n: number): string {
+export function getRandomAlphanumericString(n: number): string {
   let str = "";
   const chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
 
diff --git a/src/utils/helpers/createRandomString.ts b/src/utils/helpers/createRandomString.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 22ab439bc..000000000
--- a/src/utils/helpers/createRandomString.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// Function that generates a random gibberish string of length n
-const chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
-
-export function createRandomString(n: number): string {
-  let str = "";
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
-    str += chars.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length));
-  }
-
-  return str;
-}