[Tutor] Random Numbers

[Jorge Godoy]

Michie DeBerry <phate@rockriver.net> writes:

> Hello,
> Allow me to start by introducing myself. My name is Michie, and I am currently 
> reading Sam's Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours. I was wondering if there is 
> anyway to create a random number in Python. I am currently writting a program 
> to create a password for you. It will have more features later on, but for 
> right now, that is all I need it to do. Any suggestions as how to go about 
> creating a random number x number of times to get a-z or 0-9 from a list?

I did that when I created a graphical frontend to create crypt() and
MD5 hashes of passwords.

This is the relevant part:


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#!/usr/bin/env python

import crypt
import string
import random
from Crypto.Hash import MD5

(...)
 
    def ConvertPassword(self, event):
        characters = ''.join([string.ascii_letters, string.digits, './'])
        salt = ''.join([random.choice(characters), random.choice(characters)])
        original_pwd = self.BxPasswd.GetValue()
        md5 = MD5.new(original_pwd).hexdigest()
        crypted = crypt.crypt(original_pwd, salt)
        self.TxtMD5.SetValue(md5)
        self.TxtCrypt.SetValue(crypted)
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See you,
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Godoy.     <godoy@metalab.unc.edu>