how to put string in random order

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how to put string in random order - witch - Aug-23-2018

so I have a randomly generated string consisting of numbers and letters , it looks like 184uwkdf, how do i make it random like 1u4df8kw ? Is there a function for it ?

RE: how to put string in random order - snippsat - Aug-23-2018

shuffle it with random module.

>>> import random
>>> 
>>> s = list('184uwkdf')
>>> random.shuffle(s)
>>> ''.join(s)
'f8u4k1wd'
>>> random.shuffle(s)
>>> ''.join(s)
'fw8du1k4'

RE: how to put string in random order - witch - Aug-23-2018

(Aug-23-2018, 11:34 AM)snippsat Wrote: shuffle it with random module.
>>> import random
>>> 
>>> s = list('184uwkdf')
>>> random.shuffle(s)
>>> ''.join(s)
'f8u4k1wd'
>>> random.shuffle(s)
>>> ''.join(s)
'fw8du1k4'

Thanks ! You really helped :)