#!/usr/bin/env python

import string
import random

def password_generator(size=8, chars=string.ascii_letters + string.digits):
    """
    Returns a string of random characters, useful in generating temporary
    passwords for automated password resets.
    
    size: default=8; override to provide smaller/larger passwords
    chars: default=A-Za-z0-9; override to provide more/less diversity
    
    Credit: Ignacio Vasquez-Abrams
    Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2257449
    """
    return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for i in range(size))

def multi_string_ran(size=8, num=3):
    """
    Make sure that you create multiple strings but not repeated

    I know this is one in million and trillion but that odd bug me

    Thank you 
    """
    results = []
    counter = 0
    while counter < num:
        ran_str = password_generator(size)
        if ran_str not in results:
            results.append(ran_str)
            counter += 1
        else:
            continue
    return results