Append random 6 chars to generated phenotype file

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gn3/computations/gemma.py b/gn3/computations/gemma.py
index 9a972ba..5bdddc1 100644
--- a/gn3/computations/gemma.py
+++ b/gn3/computations/gemma.py
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 """Procedures related gemma computations"""
+import random
+import string
+
+
+def generate_random_n_string(n_length):
+    """Generate a random string that is N chars long"""
+    return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits)
+                   for _ in range(n_length))
 
 
 def generate_pheno_txt_file(trait_filename: str,
                             values: str,
                             tmpdir: str = "/tmp") -> str:
     """Given VALUES, and TMPDIR, generate a valide traits file"""
+    trait_filename += f"_{generate_random_n_string(6)}"
     with open(f"{tmpdir}/gn2/{trait_filename}", "w") as _file:
         for value in values:
             if value == "x":