package com.imt.intimamedia.helpers
{
	import mx.formatters.DateFormatter;
	
	public class FormatString
	{
		public function FormatString()
		{
		}
		
		public static function formatWithoutSpace( value : String ) : String
	    {
	        var returnString : String = "";
			var i : int;  
			
			for( i = 0; i < value.length; i++ ) 
			{
				if( ( value.charAt(i) != " " ) && 
					( value.charAt(i) != "_" ) && 
					( value.charAt(i) != "-") && 
					( value.charAt(i) != ",") && 
					( value.charAt(i) != ".") )
				{
					returnString += value.charAt(i); 
				}
			}
			return returnString.toLowerCase();	
	    }
	    
	    public static function generateRandomUID() : String
	    {
	    	var userAlphabet : String = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
	    	
	      	var alphabet : Array 		= userAlphabet.split("");
	      	var alphabetLength : int 	= alphabet.length;
	      	var randomLetters : String 	= "";
	      	
		    for( var count : uint = 0; count < 10; count++ )
		    {
		    	randomLetters += alphabet[ int( Math.floor( Math.random() * alphabetLength ) ) ];
		    }
	      
	      return randomLetters;
	    }
	}
}