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+import string
+import random
+def randomString(min_length: int, max_length: int) -> str:
+    new_string = ""
+    length = random.randint(min_length, max_length)
+    for i in range(length):
+        index = random.randint(0, len(string.ascii_letters)-1)
+        new_string = new_string+string.ascii_letters[index]
+    return new_string
+def listOfRandomStrings(list_min: int, list_max: int) -> list[str]:
+    new_list = []
+    num_items = random.randint(list_min, list_max)
+    for i in range(num_items):
+        min_length = random.randint(3,5)
+        max_length = random.randint(15,20)
+        new_string = randomString(min_length, max_length)
+        new_list.append(new_string)
+    return new_list
+def main():
+    print("Testing randomString function:")
+    print(randomString(3,10))
+    print(randomString(5,12))
+    print(randomString(2,14))
+    print("Testing listOfRandomStrings function:")
+    print(listOfRandomStrings(1,5))
+    print(listOfRandomStrings(5,6))
+    print(listOfRandomStrings(4,8))
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