How to properly seed random number generator

Question

I am trying to generate a random string in Go and here is the code I have written so far:

package main

import (
    \"bytes\"
    \"fmt\"
    \"math/rand\"
         


        

Answer 1

I tried the program below and saw different string each time

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math/rand"
    "time"
)

func RandomString(count int){
  rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano()) 
  for(count > 0 ){
    x := Random(65,91)
    fmt.Printf("%c",x)
    count--;
  }
}

func Random(min, max int) (int){
 return min+rand.Intn(max-min) 
}

func main() {
 RandomString(12)
}

And the output on my console is

D:\james\work\gox>go run rand.go
JFBYKAPEBCRC
D:\james\work\gox>go run rand.go
VDUEBIIDFQIB
D:\james\work\gox>go run rand.go
VJYDQPVGRPXM