genpasswd.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright 2018 Jose Delarosa
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# Generate random alphanumeric strings that could be used for passwords. These
# two functions do the exact same thing, it's just a different way of doing it
# to show python's versatility.

import string
from random import choice

def GenPasswd1(len):
   passwd = ''
   chars = string.letters + string.digits
   for i in range(len):
      passwd = passwd + choice(chars)
   return passwd

def GenPasswd2(length, chars):
   return ''.join([choice(chars) for i in range(length)])

pass1 = GenPasswd1(8)
pass2 = GenPasswd2(12, string.letters + string.digits)

print "Random strings for passwords\n"
print " 8 chars long: %s" % pass1
print "12 chars long: %s" % pass2