How to generate random number with the specific length in python

Question

Let say I need a 3 digit number, so it would be something like:

>>> random(3)
563

or

>>> random(5)
26748
>> random(2)
56
         


        

Answer 1

I really liked the answer of RichieHindle, however I liked the question as an exercise. Here's a brute force implementation using strings:)

import random
first = random.randint(1,9)
first = str(first)
n = 5

nrs = [str(random.randrange(10)) for i in range(n-1)]
for i in range(len(nrs))    :
    first += str(nrs[i])

print str(first)