py_genetic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I'm looking to generate x alphabetic strings in a list size x. This > is exactly the same output that the unix command "split" generates as > default file name output when splitting large files. > > Example: > > produce x original, but not random strings from english alphabet, all > lowercase. The length of each string and possible combinations is > dependent on x. You don't want any repeats. > > [aaa, aab, aac, aad, .... aax, ...... bbc, bbd, .... bcd] > > I'm assumming there is a slick, pythonic way of doing this, besides > writing out a beast of a looping function. I've looked around on > activestate cookbook, but have come up empty handed. Any suggestions?
You didn't try hard enough. :) http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/190465 -- HTH, Rob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
