random string in python

Question

I am trying to make a script that will generate a random string of text when i run it.

I have got far but im having a problem with formatting.

Here is the code im using

import random    
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'

min = 5
max = 15

name = random.sample(alphabet,random.randint(min,max))

print name

And when ever i end up with this

['i', 'c', 'x', 'n', 'y', 'b', 'g', 'r', 'h', 'p', 'w', 'o']

I am trying to format so it is one line of string so for example

['i', 'c', 'x', 'n', 'y', 'b', 'g', 'r', 'h', 'p', 'w', 'o'] = icxnybgrhpwo

Answer 1

join() it:

>>> name = ['i', 'c', 'x', 'n', 'y', 'b', 'g', 'r', 'h', 'p', 'w', 'o']
>>> ''.join(name)
'icxnybgrhpwo'

Answer 2

import string
import random

def create_random(length=8):
    """ Create a random string of {length} length """
    chars = string.letters + string.digits
    return ''.join(random.Random().sample(chars, length))

Answer 3

An easy way to print an alphabet :

>>> import string
>>> string.ascii_lowercase
'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'

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