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Create an x amount of unique random fixed size strings

Friendly Fly answered on June 8, 2022 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer Create an x amount of unique random fixed size strings

Create an x amount of unique random fixed size strings

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#!/usr/bin/env python

from typing import Generator
from random import SystemRandom as RND
from string import ascii_uppercase, digits


def string_generator(size: int = 1, amount: int = 1) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
    """
    Return x random strings of a fixed length.

    :param size: string length, defaults to 1
    :type size: int, optional
    :param amount: amount of random strings to generate, defaults to 1
    :type amount: int, optional
    :yield: Yield composed random string if unique
    :rtype: Generator[str, None, None]
    """
    CHARS = list(ascii_uppercase + digits)
    LIMIT = len(CHARS) ** size
    count, check, string = 0, set(), ''
    while LIMIT > count < amount:
        string = ''.join(RND().choices(CHARS, k=size))
        if string not in check:
            check.add(string)
            yield string
            count += 1


for my_count, my_string in enumerate(string_generator(6, 20)):
    print(my_count, my_string)

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Tags: fixed python random size unique

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