Question

I want to generate all the random strings having length varying from 1 till max_length. Is is there an in-built function in python that would do that? If not, please tell me how to do this or direct me to posts which covers this type of problem. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

you can use random.sample():

In [28]: from string import ascii_lowercase as asl

In [29]: import random

In [30]: max_length=10

In [31]: for x in xrange(1,max_length+1):
   ....:     ''.join(random.sample(asl,x))
   ....:     
   ....:     
Out[31]: 'k'
Out[31]: 'jy'
Out[31]: 'ldo'
Out[31]: 'ivlr'
Out[31]: 'gqelt'
Out[31]: 'gbvnqw'
Out[31]: 'baestog'
Out[31]: 'kyijhmvn'
Out[31]: 'toshxklwb'
Out[31]: 'wihtmouexg'