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How to generate a random string in Python

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Python is a powerful language that allows programmers to perform various tasks using built-in libraries. A random string, for example, can be generated using the built-in libraries. Two libraries are imported for this:

import string
import random

Using this random module, different random strings can be generated.

random.choice() is used to generate strings in which characters may repeat, while random.sample() is used for non-repeating characters.

Method	Description
`string.ascii_uppercase`	Returns a string with uppercase characters
`string.ascii_lowercase`	Returns a string with lowercase characters
`string.ascii_letters`	Returns a string with both lowercase and uppercase characters
`string.digits`	Returns a string with numeric characters
`string.punctuation`	Returns a string with punctuation characters

import random
import string
# printing lowercase
letters = string.ascii_lowercase
print ( ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(10)) )
# printing uppercase
letters = string.ascii_uppercase
print ( ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(10)) )
# printing letters
letters = string.ascii_letters
print ( ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(10)) )
# printing digits
letters = string.digits
print ( ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(10)) )
# printing punctuation
letters = string.punctuation
print ( ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(10)) )

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