How can I join multiple strings in not a specified order in Python?

Question

I want to join strings but randomly. If I do this:

a = 'this'
b = 'is'
c = 'a'
d = 'string'
e =  ''

f = e.join(a + b + c + d)


output : 'this is a string'

This is excatly what I don't want.

I want to get string in random order. Like this:

'string this a is'

So [`shuffle`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html#random.shuffle) them before you join them. — khelwood, Mar 28 '22 at 18:40
Put your strings in a list. Then this answers your question: [Shuffling a list of objects](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/976882/shuffling-a-list-of-objects) `str.join()` the shuffled list. — Pranav Hosangadi, Mar 28 '22 at 18:41
Thank you admin for closing the post. That's definitely not what I am looking for.. — Szeverin, Mar 28 '22 at 18:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 28 '22 at 18:43

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You can create a list of your strings and shuffle it with the shuffle function of random module.

import random 
random.shuffle(list)

answered Mar 28 '22 at 18:43

Elio Bteich

What if I don't want to convert into a list? – Szeverin Mar 28 '22 at 18:46
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@Szeverin and why would that be? – chess_lover_6 Mar 28 '22 at 18:52
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@Szeverin well too bad. `''.join` would *already* create a list anyway. Note, generally you don't want to use `.join` on a string – juanpa.arrivillaga Mar 28 '22 at 19:04
@juanpa.arrivillaga i wanted to add that!! – Elio Bteich Mar 28 '22 at 19:05

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