import random
#Importing random will randomize the characters in the library.

import string
#Importing string represents the character set.
#These will be used later on to create our randomized password, but we have to import them first.

from os import system
#This function defines the system/window/host for the program.


superString = ("string.ascii_letters+string.digits+string.punctuation")
#This is the library we're using.
#The library includes ascii letters.
#The library also includes ascii numbers.
#The library also includes ascii symbols.
#The library does NOT consist of spaces or return carriages.
#These are the characters that will be used in our randomized password.

def programExit():
#This is the function that leaves the program once you're finished with it.
    exitAnswer = input("Would you like another password? (y/n)")
#We're printing the question to see if the user is done with the program or not.
    if exitAnswer == "y":
#If the user is NOT done with the program (or submit y for yes)...
        password()
#We rerun the program.
    elif exitAnswer == "n":
#If the user is done with the program (or submit n for no)...
        print("Goodbye!")
#We leave the program and say goodbye to the user
    else:
#If the user submits anything else to the question...
        programExit()
#We can't recognize what they said, so we exit the program.

def password():
    userPassword = ""
#Here is the actual password function.
    system("clear")
#When using the program, the window will automatically clear the way for the function.
    
    print("Welcome to my random password generator!")
    #Hello to everyone who uses my script!
    
    print()
    #Print a blank line, or a break.
    
    print("How many characters would you like for your password?")
    #Ask the user how many characters they would like for their password, which will be used later in the
    #passwordLength method.
    
    passwordLength = int(input("==>"))
    #Where the user will type in how many characters they want the password to be and defined passwordLength.
    
    system("clear")
    #The window will clear the way for the answer again.
    
    for password in range(passwordLength):
        #Here, we are defining the length of the password. The length is determined by a question to follow.
        characterUsed = random.choice(superString)
        #The characterUsed function randomizes the superString function.
        userPassword += characterUsed
        #userPassword is the length of the passwordLength function and the element of random in the characterUsed function
        #combined.
    
    
    print (userPassword)
    #This function will either leave the program, or make another password, according to what the user wants.

    programExit()
    #Either leave hte program or ask for another password.
    
    
if __name__ == "__main__":
    password()

Welcome to my random password generator!

How many characters would you like for your password?
==>5
snisp
Would you like another password? (y/n)n
Goodbye!

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