How to generate a random string, and specify the length you want, or better generate unique string on specification you want

Question

There is a library to generate Random numbers, so why isn't there a library for generation of random strings?

In other words how to generate a random string, and specify desired length, or better, generate unique string on specification you want i.e. specify the length, a unique string within my application is enough for me.

I know I can create a Guid (Globally Unique IDentifier) but those are quite long, longer they need to be.

int length = 8;
string s = RandomString.NextRandomString(length)
uniquestringCollection = new UniquestringsCollection(length)
string s2 = uniquestringCollection.GetNext();

Answer 1

I can't recall where I got this, so if you know who originally authored this, please help me give attribution.

private static void Main()
{
    const string AllowedChars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz#@$^*()";
    Random rng = new Random();

    foreach (string randomString in rng.NextStrings(AllowedChars, (15, 64), 25))
    {
        Console.WriteLine(randomString);
    }

    Console.ReadLine();
}

private static IEnumerable<string> NextStrings(
    this Random rnd,
    string allowedChars,
    (int Min, int Max)length,
    int count)
{
    ISet<string> usedRandomStrings = new HashSet<string>();
    (int min, int max) = length;
    char[] chars = new char[max];
    int setLength = allowedChars.Length;

    while (count-- > 0)
    {
        int stringLength = rnd.Next(min, max + 1);

        for (int i = 0; i < stringLength; ++i)
        {
            chars[i] = allowedChars[rnd.Next(setLength)];
        }

        string randomString = new string(chars, 0, stringLength);

        if (usedRandomStrings.Add(randomString))
        {
            yield return randomString;
        }
        else
        {
            count++;
        }
    }
}