Fill an array with random names

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How to create a list named "names" and fill it with randomly generated names (the names don't have to exist, and could be like "asdddds", "asdasd")

I want to make a massive array with this, like names[1000000000], but I have no clue about how to generate the names and how to fill the list with these names.

Have you tried anything yet? It would be a great project since you want to learn Python. — Selcuk
– Selcuk, Commented Oct 31, 2019 at 4:07

Yash Kanojia · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-31 05:55:54Z

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import string
alpha = list(string.ascii_lowercase)# You can also use string.ascii_uppercase
name = []
for _ in range(100): # For getting 100 Names
    name.append(''.join(random.choices(alpha,k=random.randint(5,10)))) # Here 5 & 10 are lower and upper limit of size name

answered Oct 31, 2019 at 5:55

Yash Kanojia

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New at Python Over a year ago

hi Yash, i am getting an error : Traceback (most recent call last): File "xxxxx/random_names.py", line 5, in <module> name.append(''.join(random.choices(alpha,k=random.randint(5,10)))) # Here 5 & 10 are lower and upper limit of size name NameError: name 'random' is not defined

Yash Kanojia Over a year ago

Sorry my mistake you should include import random

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