interface languageMap {
    [key: string]: string | undefined;
  }
  
  export const programmingLanguages: languageMap = {
    javascript: '.js',
    python: '.py',
    java: '.java',
    c: '.c',
    cpp: '.cpp',
    'c++': '.cpp',
    'c#': '.cs',
    ruby: '.rb',
    php: '.php',
    swift: '.swift',
    'objective-c': '.m',
    kotlin: '.kt',
    typescript: '.ts',
    go: '.go',
    perl: '.pl',
    rust: '.rs',
    scala: '.scala',
    haskell: '.hs',
    lua: '.lua',
    shell: '.sh',
    sql: '.sql',
    html: '.html',
    css: '.css',
    // add more file extensions here, make sure the key is same as language prop in CodeBlock.tsx component
  };
  
  export const generateRandomString = (length: number, lowercase = false) => {
    const chars = 'ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXY3456789'; // excluding similar looking characters like Z, 2, I, 1, O, 0
    let result = '';
    for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
      result += chars.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length));
    }
    return lowercase ? result.toLowerCase() : result;
  };