added function to generate password

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from random import Random
+
+rng = Random()
+
+righthand = '23456qwertasdfgzxcvbQWERTASDFGZXCVB'
+lefthand = '789yuiophjknmYUIPHJKLNM'
+allchars = righthand + lefthand
+
+def generate_char(i, alternate_hands):
+    if not alternate_hands:
+        return rng.choice(allchars)
+    else:
+        if i%2:
+            return rng.choice(lefthand)
+        else:
+            return rng.choice(righthand)
+
+def generate_password(length = 8, alternate_hands = True):
+    return ''.join([generate_char(i, alternate_hands) for i in xrange(length)])
+