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what's the equivalent of this function in javascript:

Basically I need to generate a random ID that looks like: a4245f54345 and starts with a alphabetic character (so I can use it as a CSS id)

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answered 14 Years ago jadon · Accepted Answer

Try this (Work in php).

$prefix = chr(rand(97,121));  

$uniqid =  $prefix.uniqid(); // $uniqid = uniqid($prefix);

Try this for JavaScript::

var n = Math.floor(Math.random() * 11);

var k = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000);

var m = String.fromCharCode(n) + k;