This post explains what a Python module is and how to use it to drastically extend the capabiltiies of your code. Plus: how to make your own!

Python is importing your own file (random.py) instead of the actual random module from the standard library. Classic shadowing bug.

Some subclasses of the Python random module provide increased levels of randomness. On modern operating systems, you can ask the operating system to provide random data of a quality usable for ...

return "".join (random.choice (characters) for i in range (length)) print (main (32)) This script uses the string and random modules to generate a random password in just five lines of code.