Generating 100 Random Share Prices

I want to construct a list of 100 randomly generated share prices by generate 100 random 4-letter-names for the companies and a corresponding random share price.

So far, I have written the following code which provides a random 4-letter company name:

import string
import random

def stock_generator():
    return ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_uppercase, k=4))

stock_name_generator()

# OUTPUT
'FIQG'

But, I want to generate 100 of these with accompanying random share prices. It is possible to do this while keeping the list the same once it’s created (i.e. using a seed of some sort)?

>Solution :

import string
import random


random.seed(0)


def stock_generator(n=100):
    return [(''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_uppercase, k=4)), random.random()) for _ in range(n)]


stocks = stock_generator()

print(stocks)

You can generate as many random stocks as you want with this generator expression. stock_generator() returns a list of tuples of random 4-letter names and a random number between 0 and 1. I image a real price would look different, but this is how you’d start.

random.seed() lets you replicate the random generation.

Edit: average stock price as additionally requested

average_price = sum(stock[1] for stock in stocks) / len(stocks)

stocks[i][1] can be used to access the price in the name/price tuple.