random number

Mon Mar 26 12:48:01 EDT 2012

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Michael Poeltl
<michael.poeltl at univie.ac.at> wrote:
>>>> import random, string
>>>> def random_number(id):
> ...     characters = list(string.ascii_lowercase +
> ...                       string.ascii_uppercase +
> ...                       string.digits)
> ...     coll_rand = []
> ...     for i in range(6):
> ...         random.shuffle(characters)
> ...         coll_rand.append(characters[0])
> ...     return ''.join(coll_rand)

You don't need to do all that list manipulation. This is probably quicker:
def random_number(): # Unused "id" parameter omitted
 characters = (string.ascii_lowercase +
 string.ascii_uppercase +
 string.digits)
 return ''.join(random.choice(characters) for i in range(6))
Cheers,
Ian