'''
Common utility functions with strings
'''
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import string
from random import choice


def get_random_string(length=8, choices=string.ascii_letters + string.digits):
    '''
    Generate random string
    '''
    return ''.join([choice(choices) for _ in range(length)])


def to_boolean(astring):
    '''
    Convert a string to a boolean
    '''
    return astring.lower() in ['true', 't', 'y', 'yes', '1']
