package main import ( "strings" "sync" "github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v6" ) // uniqGen allows generating unique string values. type uniqGen struct { f *gofakeit.Faker m map[strScope]int mx sync.Mutex } type strScope struct { scope string value string } func newGen(f *gofakeit.Faker) *uniqGen { return &uniqGen{ f: f, m: make(map[strScope]int, 100000), } } // PickOne will return a random item from a slice, and will not return the // same value twice. func (g *uniqGen) PickOne(s []string) string { return g.Gen(func() string { return g.f.RandomString(s) }) } // Gen will call `fn` until a unique value is returned. func (g *uniqGen) Gen(fn func() string, scope ...string) string { return g.GenN(1, fn, scope...) } // Gen will call `fn` until a value that has been returned less than N is provided. func (g *uniqGen) GenN(n int, fn func() string, scope ...string) string { g.mx.Lock() defer g.mx.Unlock() scopeVal := strings.Join(scope, "|") var i int for { if i > 5 { panic("aborted after 5 tries") } scope := strScope{ scope: scopeVal, value: fn(), } if g.m[scope] >= n { i++ continue } g.m[scope]++ return scope.value } }