使用此方法，您可以传入一个很短的长度。默认设置为6。

def generate_random_string(length=6)
  string = ""
  chars = ("A".."Z").to_a
  length.times do
    string << chars[rand(chars.length-1)]
  end
  string
end

以下内容对我很有用

def generate_random_password(min_length, max_length)
    length = SecureRandom.random_number(max_length - min_length) + min_length
    character_sets = [ 
      ('a'..'z').to_a,
      ('A'..'Z').to_a,
      ('0'..'9').to_a,
      "~!@^&*()_-+=[]|:;<,>.?".split('')
    ]   
    retval = []
    #   
    # Add one character from each set
    #   
    character_sets.each do |character_set|
      character = character_set[SecureRandom.random_number(character_set.count)]
      retval.push character
    end 
    #   
    # Fill the rest of the password with a random character from a random set
    #   
    i = character_sets.count - 1 
    while i < length
      character_set = character_sets[SecureRandom.random_number(character_sets.count)]
      character = character_set[SecureRandom.random_number(character_set.count)]
      retval.push character
      i += 1
    end
    retval.shuffle.join
  end

require 'sha1'
srand
seed = "--#{rand(10000)}--#{Time.now}--"
Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(seed)[0,8]

我想，到目前为止，我最喜欢雷达的回答。我会这样做：

CHARS = ('a'..'z').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a
def rand_string(length=8)
  s=''
  length.times{ s << CHARS[rand(CHARS.length)] }
  s
end

在ruby 1.9中，可以使用Array的choice方法，该方法返回数组中的随机元素

您可以使用Ruby Gem Facets中的String#随机。

它基本上做到了这一点：

class String
  def self.random(len=32, character_set = ["A".."Z", "a".."z", "0".."9"])
    characters = character_set.map { |i| i.to_a }.flatten
    characters_len = characters.length
    (0...len).map{ characters[rand(characters_len)] }.join
  end
end