Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.144 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.71; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:number': 0.09; 'random': 0.13; 'encryption': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'helps!': 0.16; 'subject:random': 0.16; 'argument': 0.18; 'mon,': 0.18; 'def': 0.20; 'received:209.85.210.174': 0.20; 'received:mail- iy0-f174.google.com': 0.20; 'wrote:': 0.21; 'string,': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'quite': 0.26; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'pm,': 0.28; 'received:209.85': 0.32; 'received:209.85.210': 0.32; 'chris': 0.32; 'received:google.com': 0.32; 'are:': 0.32; 'easiest': 0.33; 'received:209': 0.35; 'two': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; '\xa0\xa0\xa0': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'base': 0.39; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'mar': 0.61; 'guarantee': 0.62; 'skip:n 10': 0.62; 'ways': 0.63; 'avoid': 0.63; 'easy': 0.65; 'hope': 0.65; 'giving': 0.66; '26,': 0.66; '2012': 0.69; 'six': 0.81; 'different.': 0.84; 'alphanumeric': 0.93; 'technique': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bSIm9M1/41YeUMNd1zGWwDYNgsr8uaF2HfPtfiI5se8=; b=pMb6aX76w7LRWA2Pxg4qBk9XCXNU7UoQKoavNYxk3SYiI868y+XgD9Sw1CW9dDXrte te1lOVfAwDaucMc9Us6pcGCXV1iKB/iQEw9P24slFDFe16ezR/d9jbmxW4siIpPGrum9 jMuQwd5gy72E/ojNdENSen+MeR9IzGavYGq3Zf68FrUIK0NLjrqbDlkUnXv5stRGBr4j f+GMrsVdm8dE3pbHaGJwuJ7D5b5WKMkmSTTFmu00u8csL493J/EGYEjIRvOA3NXluAH9 yTLpb2smkMjXoXB+YPbSJpTllb+UcSa9u/7kXhMyiIFF/z9LiCF0I927oYg0B3EwSGgX rGrg== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:25:06 +1100 Subject: Re: random number From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1332743109 news.xs4all.nl 6989 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58487 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:22158 On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Nikhil Verma wr= ote: > Hi All > > How can we generate a 6 digit random number from a given number ? > > eg:- > > def number_generator(id): > =A0=A0=A0 random.randint(id,999999) > > When i am using this it is sometimes giving me five digit and sometimes 6= . > I want to avoid encryption . Can i have alphanumeric 6 digit random numbe= r > from this . The easiest two ways to guarantee six digits are: 1) Pad the number with leading zeroes: def number_generator(): return "%06d"%random.randint(0,999999) 2) Set a minimum and a maximum: def number_generator(): return random.randint(100000,999999) I don't know what your id there is, but the first argument to randint is the minimum value to return. Alphanumeric is quite different. To generate a six-character random alphanumeric string, one easy technique is to use base 36 conversion on a random integer. Hope that helps! Chris Angelico