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

此解决方案为激活代码生成一个易于读取的字符串；我不希望人们把8和B混淆，把1和I混淆，把0和O混淆，把L和1混淆，等等。

# Generates a random string from a set of easily readable characters
def generate_activation_code(size = 6)
  charset = %w{ 2 3 4 6 7 9 A C D E F G H J K M N P Q R T V W X Y Z}
  (0...size).map{ charset.to_a[rand(charset.size)] }.join
end

红宝石1.9+：

ALPHABET = ('a'..'z').to_a
#=> ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z"]

10.times.map { ALPHABET.sample }.join
#=> "stkbssowre"

# or

10.times.inject('') { |s| s + ALPHABET.sample }
#=> "fdgvacnxhc"

这是基于一些其他答案，但它增加了一点复杂性：

def random_password
  specials = ((32..47).to_a + (58..64).to_a + (91..96).to_a + (123..126).to_a).pack('U*').chars.to_a
  numbers  = (0..9).to_a
  alpha    = ('a'..'z').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a
  %w{i I l L 1 O o 0}.each{ |ambiguous_character| 
    alpha.delete ambiguous_character 
  }
  characters = (alpha + specials + numbers)
  password = Random.new.rand(8..18).times.map{characters.sample}
  password << specials.sample unless password.join =~ Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(specials.join))
  password << numbers.sample  unless password.join =~ Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(numbers.join))
  password.shuffle.join
end

本质上，它确保密码长度为8-20个字符，并且至少包含一个数字和一个特殊字符。

我的2美分：

  def token(length=16)
    chars = [*('A'..'Z'), *('a'..'z'), *(0..9)]
    (0..length).map {chars.sample}.join
  end

鉴于：

chars = [*('a'..'z'),*('0'..'9')].flatten

可以作为参数传递的单个表达式允许重复字符：

Array.new(len) { chars.sample }.join