Beginner Question - Very Easy I'm Sure...

[Brian van den Broek]

Todd_Calhoun said unto the world upon 2005-03-24 16:13:
> I'm trying to generate a random number, and then concetate it to a word to 
> create a password.
> 
> I get the number and assign it to a variable:
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> word = "dog"
> 
> import random
> rannum = random.randrange(100,999)
> 
> str(rannum)
> 
> word + rannum
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> But when I try to concetate the two, I get an error saying:
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in -toplevel-
>     list[1] + rannum
> TypeError: unsubscriptable object
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Any suggestions? 

Hi,

you call str(rannum) but don't store it. Try it like this:

 >>> import random
 >>> word = "dog"
 >>> rannum = random.randrange(100,999)
 >>> str(rannum)
'773'
 >>> type(rannum)
<type 'int'>
 >>> rannum = str(rannum)
 >>> new_word = word + rannum
 >>> print new_word
dog773

or,

 >>> rannum = str(random.randrange(100,999))
 >>> word + rannum
'dog287'
 >>>

HTH,

Brian vdB