以下内容对我很有用

def generate_random_password(min_length, max_length)
    length = SecureRandom.random_number(max_length - min_length) + min_length
    character_sets = [ 
      ('a'..'z').to_a,
      ('A'..'Z').to_a,
      ('0'..'9').to_a,
      "~!@^&*()_-+=[]|:;<,>.?".split('')
    ]   
    retval = []
    #   
    # Add one character from each set
    #   
    character_sets.each do |character_set|
      character = character_set[SecureRandom.random_number(character_set.count)]
      retval.push character
    end 
    #   
    # Fill the rest of the password with a random character from a random set
    #   
    i = character_sets.count - 1 
    while i < length
      character_set = character_sets[SecureRandom.random_number(character_sets.count)]
      character = character_set[SecureRandom.random_number(character_set.count)]
      retval.push character
      i += 1
    end
    retval.shuffle.join
  end

我最喜欢的是（：A..：Z）.to_A.shuff[0,8].join。请注意，shuffle需要Ruby>1.9。

以下是@Travis R答案的改进：

 def random_string(length=5)
    chars = 'abdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyzABDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ'
    numbers = '0123456789'
    random_s = ''
    (length/2).times { random_s << numbers[rand(numbers.size)] }
    (length - random_s.length).times { random_s << chars[rand(chars.size)] }
    random_s.split('').shuffle.join
  end

在@Travis R中，答案字符和数字在一起，所以有时random_string只能返回数字或字符。通过这种改进，random_string中至少有一半是字符，其余的是数字。以防万一，如果您需要一个包含数字和字符的随机字符串

您可以使用Ruby Gem Facets中的String#随机。

它基本上做到了这一点：

class String
  def self.random(len=32, character_set = ["A".."Z", "a".."z", "0".."9"])
    characters = character_set.map { |i| i.to_a }.flatten
    characters_len = characters.length
    (0...len).map{ characters[rand(characters_len)] }.join
  end
end

使用“SafeRandom”Gem GithubLink

它将提供生成Rails2、Rails3、Rails4和Rails5兼容的随机值的最简单方法。

我想，到目前为止，我最喜欢雷达的回答。我会这样做：

CHARS = ('a'..'z').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a
def rand_string(length=8)
  s=''
  length.times{ s << CHARS[rand(CHARS.length)] }
  s
end