How to generate random string? [duplicate]

Question

I just want to ask that like taking random number from: Random.randint(a, b)

I just want to ask that how to take random string just like randint but this time with random string. Is there anyway?

#This program will play a little game

import random

a = ''
b = ''
c = ''
d = ''
e = ''
f = ''

print('Hi. Please enter your name in letters')
name = str(input())
print('Hi ' + name + '. I am going to play a little game. In this game you have to guess a specific name i am thinking right now.')
print('But do not worry. I am going to let you to enter 6 names and i will choose one of them.')
print('After that you have to answer the correct name that i am thinking right now')
print('Please enter the first name in letters')
name1 = str(input())
print('Please enter the second name in letters')
name2 = str(input())
print('Please enter the third name in letters')
name3 = str(input())
print('Please enter the fourth name in letters')
name4 = str(input())
print('Please enter the fifth name in letters')
name5 = str(input())
print('Please enter the sixth name in letters')
name6 = str(input())
name1 = a
name2 = b
name3 = c
name4 = d
name5 = e
name6 = f

print('Alright ' + name + ' . Thank you for entering the names.')
secretname = random.randint(a, f)
for i in range(2):
        print('Now enter the name that i am thinking of.')
        ans = str(input())
        if ans != secretname:
                print('Wrong. Guess another name')

if ans == secretname:
        print('Good job ' + name)
else:
        print('Wrong. The name i was thinking of was ' + secretname)

This is a little game which request from you to enter 6 names and then the game will guess a number between those 6 numbers you have entered but it always gaves me an error. want to do it with random string.

My Working Version

import random

print('Hi. Please enter your name in letters')
yourname = str(input())
print('Hi ' + yourname + '. I am going to play a little game. In this game you have to guess a specific name i am thinking right now.\nBut do not worry. I am going to let you to enter 6 names and i will choose one of them.\nAfter that you have to answer the correct name that i am thinking right now\nPlease enter the first name in letters')

name = ["", "", "", "", "", ""]
number = ["first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth"]


def insert(n):
    temp = name.copy()
    name[n] = str(input("name " + str(n + 1) + ": "))
    if name[n] in temp:
        print("[error]: ---> This name exists yet, try again")
        print(">>>", end='')
        insert(n)

for n in range(6):
    insert(n)
    print('Please enter the ' + number[n] + ' name in letters')

print('Alright ' + yourname + ' . Thank you for entering the names.')
secretname = name[random.randint(0, 6)]
print("Soluzion: ", secretname)
print("-" * 10)
for i in range(2):
    print('Now enter the name that i am thinking of.')
    ans = str(input())
    if ans != secretname:
        print('Wrong. Guess another name')

if ans == secretname:
    print('Good job ' + yourname)
else:
    print('Wrong. The name i was thinking of was ' + secretname)

Output

Hi. Please enter your name in letters Gio Hi Gio. I am going to play a
little game. In this game you have to guess a specific name i am
thinking right now. But do not worry. I am going to let you to enter 6
names and i will choose one of them. After that you have to answer the
correct name that i am thinking right now Please enter the first name
in letters 
name 0: Giovanni
Please enter the first name in letters
name 1: Marta
Please enter the second name in letters
name 2: Giovanni
[error]: ---> This name exists yet, try again
>>>name 2: Giovanni
[error]: ---> This name exists yet, try again
>>>name 2: Carlo
Please enter the third name in letters 
name 3: Mimmo Please enter the fourth name in letters 
name 4: June
Please enter the fifth name in letters
name 5: Caterina Please enter the sixth name in letters
Alright Gio . Thank you for entering the names.
Solution: Mimmo
----------
Now enter the name that i am thinking of.
M 
Wrong. Guess another name Now enter the name that i am thinking of.
Mimmo 
Good job Gio

Answer 1

import string
import random
def random_string(length):
    return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for m in xrange(length))

print random_string(10)
print random_string(5)

Output:

'oJyPiEbhka'
'XXwuA'

Answer 2

You can do it using random.randint :

my_string = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
index = random.randint(0,25)
letter = my_string[index]

You just have to loop over that to build strings from letters