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Random Generator

🟩🐍 Feature Card: Build a Random Generator

  • Type: Feature
  • Useful for: Creating fun, surprising results like band names, superpowers, stories, passwords, and more!

🧠 What Is It?

A random generator is a program that mixes things up and surprises the user. You can use it to generate things like:

  • 🎸 Funny band names
  • 🦸 Superhero identities
  • 📖 Silly story titles
  • 🔐 Random passwords
  • 🐉 Magical spells or creature names

These projects are fun and creative, and they help you learn how to combine lists, random choices, and string output.

🧪 You Could Try…

🟡 Basic Band Name Generator

import random

word1 = ["Electric", "Spiky", "Wobbly", "Cosmic"]
word2 = ["Tigers", "Wizards", "Socks", "Bananas"]

name = f"{random.choice(word1)} {random.choice(word2)}"
print(f"Your band name is: {name}")

🟣 Make It More Personal

Ask the user a question and use the answer in the result:

import random

word1 = input("What’s your favourite colour? ")
word2 = ["Banana", "Tiger", "Wizard", "Sock"]
print(f"Your superhero is the {word1} {random.choice(word2)}")

🟢 Add Themes or Categories

import random

theme = input("Choose a theme (spooky, space): ")

if theme == "spooky":
    word1 = ["Haunted", "Creepy", "Ghastly"]
    word2 = ["Pumpkins", "Ghosts", "Bats"]
elif theme == "space":
    word1 = ["Galactic", "Cosmic", "Starlit"]
    word2 = ["Rockets", "Aliens", "Comets"]
else:
    word1 = ["Mystery"]
    word2 = ["Things"]

name = f"{random.choice(word1)} {random.choice(word2)}"
print(f"Your band name is: The {name}")

🧰 Technique Cards (Practical Skills)

These practical technique cards can help take your understanding further:

🔧 Challenges

  • Make a name generator with a theme the user picks
  • Add a third word for more creative names
  • Ask more questions to influence the result
  • Make a generator that prints 3 results at once
  • Build a password generator that uses random letters and numbers
  • Create a madlib story generator

🎯 When to use this Feature

Project Examples Why a Random Generator
Band Name Generator Create Funny Random Band Names and More

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