import random # characters = ['*','+','-','/','-','-'] characters = ['a','e','o','i','u'] out = open('handles.txt', 'w') handles = set() # generate handles while len(handles) < 2500: handle = '' for h in range(5): handle += random.choice(characters) print(handle) handles.add(handle) # write handles to file for handle in handles: out.write(handle + '\n')