Password Generator in excel FILE

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Hello. I built a function you can use to generate random passwords without repeating any characters. Can call it using VBA or from a worksheet function.

Code:
Public Function GeneratePassword(Optional ByVal length As Integer = 16) As String

' ============= CHARACTER CODES ============
' Punctuation : 33-47, 58-64, 91-96, 123-126
' Digits      : 48-57
' Uppercase   : 65-90
' Lowercase   : 97-122
' ==========================================
  
  Dim chars As New Collection
  Dim nextId As Integer
  Dim counter As Integer
  Dim i As Integer
  
  On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
  If length < 1 Or length > 94 Then
    Err.Raise vbObjectError + 513, "GeneratePassword", "Argument out of range."
  End If
  
  For i = 33 To 126
    chars.Add Chr(i)
  Next i
  
  Do While counter < length
    nextId = Int(chars.Count * Rnd()) + 1
    GeneratePassword = GeneratePassword & chars(nextId)
    chars.Remove nextId
    counter = counter + 1
  Loop
  
ExitHandler:
  On Error Resume Next
  Do While chars.Count > 0
    chars.Remove 1
  Loop
  Set chars = Nothing
  Exit Function
  
ErrorHandler:
  GeneratePassword = vbNullString
  Resume ExitHandler
End Function
 
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Hello. I built a function you can use to generate random passwords without repeating any characters. Can call it using VBA or from a worksheet function.

Code:
Public Function GeneratePassword(Optional ByVal length As Integer = 16) As String

' ============= CHARACTER CODES ============
' Punctuation : 33-47, 58-64, 91-96, 123-126
' Digits      : 48-57
' Uppercase   : 65-90
' Lowercase   : 97-122
' ==========================================
  
  Dim chars As New Collection
  Dim nextId As Integer
  Dim counter As Integer
  Dim i As Integer
  
  On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
  If length < 1 Or length > 94 Then
    Err.Raise vbObjectError + 513, "GeneratePassword", "Argument out of range."
  End If
  
  For i = 33 To 126
    chars.Add Chr(i)
  Next i
  
  Do While counter < length
    nextId = Int(chars.Count * Rnd()) + 1
    GeneratePassword = GeneratePassword & chars(nextId)
    chars.Remove nextId
    counter = counter + 1
  Loop
  
ExitHandler:
  On Error Resume Next
  Do While chars.Count > 0
    chars.Remove 1
  Loop
  Set chars = Nothing
  Exit Function
  
ErrorHandler:
  GeneratePassword = vbNullString
  Resume ExitHandler
End Function
Thank you for your code, but the problem is i have some special character in my password like math symbol, japan character,... So it is impossible to use the code 33-47, 58-64, 91-96, 123-126, moreover, I have create this excel file and use it in Android smartphone, so is there any way to solve my fuction to prevent duplicate character
Thank you for your support
 
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