Popular recipes by Patrick Ramsey http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4169944/2009-04-21T18:56:01-07:00ActiveState Code Recipespseudo-random string (Python) 2009-04-21T18:56:01-07:00Patrick Ramseyhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4169944/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576722-pseudo-random-string/ <p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 576722 by <a href="/recipes/users/4169944/">Patrick Ramsey</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/password/">password</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/random/">random</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/string/">string</a>). Revision 3. </p> <p>Returns a random, password-suitable string with the specified number of characters. base64 stores 6 bits in each (8-bit) output character, hence the coefficient.</p>