From 1a9035dd527c0582e36d702e4df01d38dbfbc5ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Asrith-ufl <yerramesetty.as@ufl.edu>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 00:00:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update string.cpp

Added symbol function
---
 src/modules/string.cpp | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/string.cpp b/src/modules/string.cpp
index 83fc0f2b..26f00aca 100644
--- a/src/modules/string.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/string.cpp
@@ -290,4 +290,26 @@ std::string numeric(GuaranteeMap&& guarantee, const unsigned length, bool allowL
         return firstChar + generateStringWithGuarantee(guarantee, targetCharacters, length - 1);
     }
 }
+
+std::string symbol(int length) {
+    const std::string specialChars = "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~";
+    std::string result;
+    std::mt19937 generator(static_cast<unsigned int>(std::time(nullptr)));  
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<> distribution(0, specialChars.size() - 1);
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
+        result += specialChars[distribution(generator)];
+    }
+
+    return result;
 }
+
+std::string symbol(int minLength, int maxLength) {
+    std::mt19937 generator(static_cast<unsigned int>(std::time(nullptr))); 
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<> lengthDistribution(minLength, maxLength);
+    int length = lengthDistribution(generator);
+    return symbol(length);
+}
+
+}
+