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Random String Generator (Passwords)
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passwordgen.py
def random_string(n_chars):
'''Generates a random string of length n_chars.
>>> random_string(5)
'FM>ro'
>>> random_string(8)
'"K^V]J|/'
>>> random_string(32)
')tTu,2"s`ke`MF0}qWd.-&__C8OEksQy'
:param n_chars: Number of characters to pick
:type n_chars: int
'''
return ''.join( chr(random.randrange(32, 126)) for i in xrange(n_chars) )
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