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Function to generate unique random strings; mainly for use as a temporary column name in a Pandas DataFrame.
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random_string.py
import string
import random
def random_str(l=100):
"""Return a random string of length `l` to use as a temporary unique
variable name or Pandas DataFrame column name."""
s = random.choice(string.ascii_letters) # 1st letter = alpha so can be used as var name.
return s+"".join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters+string.digits) for i in range(l-1))
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