I am trying to create a loop so that while y is smaller than x it will loop through print statements while alternating through them

Question

my code and the error

I am trying to make a program that will create a randomized password. Along with that, it is supposed to alternate between

print(chr(letter), end="")
print(chr(number), end="")

as it makes it so that the password looks something like "A2h8l" where it alternates between numbers and letters.

import random

number = random.randint(48,57)
letter = random.randint(65,122)

print(input("How many characters do you want in your password?"))

x = input

y = int(letter + number)

while int(x > y):
    print(chr(letter), end="")
    print(chr(number), end="")

For some reason, however,

while int(x > y):

shows up with an error, and I'm not sure what to do about it. No clue what I'm doing or doing wrong, and any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

int(1 > 2) is syntactically incorrect.

You cannot pass a comparison like this to the int() function. The correct way to do this would be

if int(1) > int(2):

Although, you still do not need the int() if you are passing an integer to begin with.

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Even when resolving this issue your code continues to have problems.

Your loop will run indefinitely or not at all, dependant on the values of x and y, and will also print the same two chars constantly.

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A better way to handle this is to:

1. Define password length
2. Loop over range(length)
3. Generate random integers and append them to a string

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import random
length = int(input('Password Length'))
password = ''

for i in range(length):
    password = password + chr(random.randint(65,122)) + chr(random.randint(48,57))

password
#'Q5I4D8p8i9l1p7j0I6l9'