Crazy 8s Code Golf

Question

Create a program that prints all whole numbers inclusively between an interval (a, b), and replaces multiples of 8 in the sequence with random (uniformly distributed, independent of other characters), non-numeric, non-whitespace, printable ASCII characters.

Assume 0 < a < b in all cases.

If the number has more than 1 digit, make sure the amount of characters in the replacement matches!

Examples:

(1, 16) -> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 $ 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 n@

(115, 123) -> 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, :F<, 121, 122, 123

(1, 3) -> 1 2 3

Non-Examples:

(1, 16) -> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

(115, 123) -> 115 116 117 118 119 $ 121 122 123

This is code golf, so the shortest code in bytes wins!

Current Winner:

Pyke (21 bytes) by muddyfish

Most Popular:

Python 2 (119 bytes) by Dennis

Answer 1

Python 2, 119 bytes

import random,string
def f(a,b):print`[random.choice(string.printable[10:95])for _ in`a`]`[2+a%8*b::5]or a;a<b<f(a+1,b)

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Answer 2

Python 2, 126 bytes

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import random,string
def f(a,b):
 while b/a:print[a,eval('random.choice(string.printable[10:-6])+'*len(`a`)+"''")][a%8<1];a+=1

Many thanks to Flp.Tkc and EasterlyIrk for all of their help!

Answer 3

zsh, 100 98 bytes

for i in {$1..$2};{((i%8))&&<<<$i||<<<`yes 'shuf -e {!..~}|grep "[^0-9]"|head -c1'|head -$#i|zsh`}

The two input arguments are passed as command line arguments, and the numbers are output on separate lines.

for i in {$1..$2};{   # loop through the range
((i%8))&&             # if the number is not divisible by 8 (i % 8 != 0),
<<<$i||               # output it
<<<`                  # otherwise, output the following:
yes '                 # using `yes' as a golfy loop
shuf -e {\!..\~}      # shuffle the range of printable ASCII (minus space)
|grep "[^0-9]"        # get rid of numbers
|head -c1'            # take the first character
|head -$#i            # obtain a string with that code repeated len(i) times... 
|zsh                  # ... and eval it
`}

Answer 4

Pyke, 22 21 bytes

h1:Fi8%!I`lV~Kl7T>Hs0

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Takes input in the form: higher, lower

h1:                   -  range(lower, higher+1, 1)
   F                  - for i in ^:
    i8%               -    i % 8 
       !              -   not ^
        I             -  if ^:
         `l           -    len(str(i))
           V          -   repeat V ^ times
            ~K        -        printable_ascii
              l7      -       ^.strip()
                T>    -      ^[10:]
                  H   -     random.choice(^)
                   s0 -    sum(^)

Answer 5

Mathematica, 96 bytes

Range@##/.a_?(8∣#&):>Join[33~(c=CharacterRange)~47,58~c~127]~RandomChoice~⌊Log10@a+1⌋<>""&

Explanation

For inputs m and n:

Range@##

Generate {m, m + 1, m + 2, ... , n}

/.a_?(8∣#&):>

For all numbers that are divisible by 8 (call that a), apply this replacement rule:

Join[33~(c=CharacterRange)~47,58~c~127]

Get a list of all printable ASCII characters, except digits.

... ~RandomChoice~⌊Log10@a+1⌋

Pseudo-randomly choose Floor[Log10[a] + 1] characters from the list, allowing duplicates.

<>""

Join the characters.

Answer 6

R, 73 bytes

i=scan();x=i[1]:i[2];x[!x%%8]=sample(sapply(c(32:46,58:126),intToUtf8));x

Reads input from stdin and replaces replaces numbers divisible by 8 with a uniformly chosen sample of ascii characters in the range 32...47, 58...126. To draw the random sample we need a vector of characters, unfortunately intToUtf8() returns one string rather than a vector so we also have to vectorize it over the range using sapply.

Answer 7

Python 2, 126 bytes

(one does not simply outgolf Dennis)

Seeing as I did a lot of work on heather's answer, I thought I'd post my own solutions too.

import random,string
def f(a,b):
 while b/a:print[a,eval('random.choice(string.printable[10:-6])+'*len(`a`)+"''")][a%8<1];a+=1

This is a function which takes two arguments and prints directly to STDOUT.

127 bytes

import random,string
lambda a,b:[[x,eval('random.choice(string.printable[10:-6])+'*len(`x`)+`''`)][x%8<1]for x in range(a,b+1)]

This is an unnamed anonymous function - to use, assign to a variable (such as f), and then call with f(a, b). This returns the output as a list.

Answer 8

Pip, 28 bytes

Fia,b+1Pi%8?i{RC@>PA@`\D`}Mi

Takes the numbers as command-line arguments and prints a newline-separated list of results. Try it online!

Explanation:

                              a,b are cmdline args; PA is string of all printable ASCII
Fia,b+1                       For i in range(a, b+1):
       P                       Print this:
        i%8?i                  If i%8 is truthy (nonzero), i; otherwise:
             {           }Mi   Map this function to the digits of i:
                @>PA           All but the first character of PA (removes space)
                    @`\D`      Find all regex matches of \D (nondigits)
              RC               Random choice from that list of characters
                               The map operation returns a list, which is concatenated
                               before printing

Answer 9

JavaScript (ES6), 114 bytes

f=(x,y)=>(x+"").replace(/./g,d=>x%8?d:String.fromCharCode((q=Math.random()*84)+(q>15?43:33)))+(x<y?[,f(x+1,y)]:"")

O.textContent = f(1,200)

<pre id=O>

Those darn built-ins with 23-byte names....

Answer 10

Bash + apg, 64, 76, 73 bytes

EDITS:

• Fixed the "8 8" issue, exclude numeric characters from a set of random chars, +12 bytes

• -3 bytes, replaced $1 $2 with $@, thx @pxeger

Golfed

seq $@|sed "$[(7&(8-$1%8))+1]~8s/.*/a=&;apg -a1 -n1 -Mcsl -m\${#a} -x0/e"

Test

>./crazy8 8 8
$

>./crazy8 115 123
115
116
117
118
119
As_
121
122
123

>./crazy8 1 16
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
"
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
x!

Answer 11

MATL, 26 bytes

&:"@8\?@}6Y24Y2X-Xz@VnT&Zr

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Explanation

&:        % Input a and b (implicit). Push range [a a+1 ... b]
"         % For each k in that range
  @       %   Push k
  8\      %   Modulo 8
  ?       %   If non-zero
    @     %     Push k
  }       %   Else
    6Y2   %     Push string of all printable ASCII chars
    4Y2   %     Push string '0123456789'
    X-    %     Set difference
    Xz    %     Remove space. Gives string of possible random chars
    @Vn   %     Push number of digits of k
    T&Zr  %     Random sample with replacement of that many chars from the string
          % End if, end for each, display (implicit)

Answer 12

Pyth, 24 bytes

jm?%d8dsmO-r\~\ jkUT`d}F

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Explanation:

jm?%d8dsmO-r\~\ jkUT`d}FQ  # Auto-fill variables
                      }FQ  # Splat inclusive range on the input
 m?%d8d                    # Map over each number, if it isn't divisible by 8 return it
       smO          `d     # for each other number, select a character at random for
                             each of it's digits and then flatten into one string
           r\~\            # Printable ASCII excluding space
          -     jkUT       # Setwise difference with numeric values (remove numbers)
j                          # Join with newlines

Answer 13

Perl 6, 60 bytes

{map {$_%8??$_!!S:g/./{grep(/\D/,"!".."~").pick}/},$^a..$^b}

Explanation:

• { map { }, $^a .. $^b }: A lambda that takes two arguments, generates the list of integers in that range, and returns it with the following transformation applied to each element:
• $_ % 8 ?? $_ !!: If the element is not divisible by 8, pass it on unchanged. Otherwise...
• S:g/./{ }/: ...replace each character of its string representation with the value generated by this expression:
• grep(/\D/, "!" .. "~").pick: Generate the range of characters between ! and ~ (in Unicode order), filter out digits, and randomly pick one of the remaining characters.

Answer 14

Perl, 66 bytes

map{$_%8||s%.%do{$_=chr rand 126}until/[!-\/:-~]/;$_%ge;say}<>..<>

Run with -E flag:

perl -E 'map{$_%8||s%.%do{$_=chr rand 126}until/[!-\/:-~]/;$_%ge;say}<>..<>' <<< "8
16"

This is pretty straight forward:
-<>..<> creates a list of the numbers between the 2 inputs number. And then map iterates over it:
-$_%8||... : the ... are executed only if $_ is a multiple of 8.
-s%.%xxx%ge : replace every character with xxx.
- do{$_=chr rand 126}until/[!-\/:-~]/ pick a random character (from codes 0 to 126) until we get one that satisfies /[!-\/:-~]/, ie. one that is printable and is not a digit.
- say: print it.

Answer 15

C (gcc), 129 119 bytes

s(a,r){a&&s(!isdigit(r=rand()%94+33)?putchar(r),a/10:a,0);}f(a,b){b>a&&f(a,b-1);b%8?printf("%d",b):s(b,0);printf(" ");}

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129 → 119 Use the %94+33 trick from O.O.Balance

Ungolfed:

s(a,r){
    a&&                                  // Loop recursively on a!=0
    s(!isdigit(r=rand()%94+33)           // Test random selection
      ?putchar(r),a/10                   // Print and reduce a
      :a                                 // Retry random selection
      ,0);                               // Second arg, recurse
}
f(a,b){
    b>a&&                                // Loop recursively on b>a
    f(a,b-1);                            // Reduce b, recurse
    b%8?printf("%d",b)                   // Print non 8's
       :s(b,0);                          // Call s() for 8's
    printf(" ");                         // Space separator
}

Answer 16

C, 157 115 bytes

f(a,b){b-a&&f(a,b-1);if(b%8)printf("%d",b);else for(;b;b/=10){while(isdigit(a=rand()%94+33));putchar(a);}puts("");}

Try it online here. Thanks to jxh for golfing 42 bytes.

Ungolfed version:

f(a, b) { // recursive function, parameters are implicitly int
    b-a && f(a, b-1); // recurse until a = b
    if(b % 8)            // if the number is a multiple of 8
        printf("%d", b); // simply print it
    else for(; b; b /= 10) { // while b > 0, lop off the last digit
        while(isdigit(a = rand() % 94 + 33)); // generate random characters in ASCII range [33, 127] until one is non-numeric
        putchar(a); // print the character
    }
    puts(""); // print a newline
}

Answer 17

Java 10, 149 147 bytes (lambda function)

b->a->{var r="";for(;a<=b;r+=" ",a++)for(var c:(a+"").split("")){char t=0;for(;t<33|t>126|t>47&t<59;t*=Math.random())t=127;r+=a%8<1?t:c;}return r;}

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Java 10, 227 225 bytes (full program)

interface M{static void main(String[]A){var r="";for(var a=new Long(A[0]);a<=new Long(A[1]);r+=" ",a++)for(var c:(a+"").split("")){char t=0;for(;t<33|t>126|t>47&t<59;t*=Math.random())t=127;r+=a%8<1?t:c;}System.out.print(r);}}

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Explanation:

b->a->{          // Method with two integer parameters and String return-type
  var r="";      //  Result-String, starting empty
  for(;a<=b      //  Loop as long as `a` is smaller than or equal to `b`
      ;          //    After every iteration:
       r+=" ",   //     Append a space to the result-String
       a++)      //     And increase `a` by 1
    for(var c:(a+"").split("")){
                 //   Inner loop over the characters of the current number
      char t=0;  //    Random-char, starting at 0
      for(;t<33|t>126|t>47&t<59;
                 //    Loop until `t` is a non-digit printable ASCII char
          t*=Math.random())t=127;
                 //     Set `t` to a random character with a unicode in the range [0,127)
      r+=a%8<1?  //   If the current `a` is divisible by 8:
          t      //    Append the random character
         :       //   Else:
          c;}    //    Append the digit instead
  return r;}     //  Return the result

Answer 18

APL (Dyalog Extended), 32 bytes

{(?84¨⍕⍵)⊇⎕D~⍨'!'…'~'}¨@{0=8|⍵}…

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Huge thanks to Adám and dzaima for their help. First time using Dyalog Extended!

Explanation:

{(?84¨⍕⍵)⊇⎕D~⍨'!'…'~'}¨@{0=8|⍵}…  ⍝ Dyadic 2-train

                               …  ⍝ Tacit range: list of numbers from left arg 
                                  ⍝ to right arg inclusive
{(?84¨⍕⍵)⊇⎕D~⍨'!'…'~'}¨@{0=8|⍵}   ⍝ Monadic function applied to above          
                        {     }   ⍝ Function definition
                           8|⍵    ⍝ 8 modulo every item in our range
                         0=       ⍝ Transform list into a boolean vector, with
                                  ⍝ 1 where item was equal to zero, 0 otherwise
                      ¨@          ⍝ Applies left function to each item selected
                                  ⍝ by above
{                    }            ⍝ Function definition
              '!'…'~'             ⍝ Range of all printable ASCII chars
          ⎕D~⍨                    ⍝ Remove numeric characters from above
 (    ⍕⍵)                         ⍝ Convert function argument to string
                                  ⍝ (e.g., 123 -> "123")
   84¨                            ⍝ For each character, replace with number 84
                                  ⍝ (number of non-numeric printable ASCII chars)
  ?                               ⍝ Generate random number from 1-84 for each
                                  ⍝ 84 in list
         ⊇                        ⍝ Index the ASCII char list with above random
                                  ⍝ numbers

Answer 19

Inlined version

Scala, 132 bytes

def S(a:Int,b:Int)= a to b map(x=>if(x%8==0)Random.nextInt(((33 to 47)++(58 to 126)).length).toChar.toString else String.valueOf(x))

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Scala, 198 bytes

An improved functional version with immutable state (03-04-2018)

  def S(a: Int, b: Int)={
    val c=(33 to 47)++(58 to 126)
    val r = (a to b).toStream.map {case x if x%8==0=>c(Random.nextInt(c.length)).toChar.toString
      case x => String.valueOf(x)}
    r}

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A functional style solution in Scala (350 bytes) for the fun of it.

def r(a:Int, b:Int)={
    var l=(33 to 47).toList:::(58 to 126).toList
    l=Random.shuffle(l)
    var x=ListBuffer[String]()
    var k=0
    (a to b).toList.foreach{e=>{
         if(k==l.length){k=0
         l=Random.shuffle(l)}
         if (e.toInt%8==0){x+=l(k).toChar.toString
           k+=1}
         else{x+=e.toString
             k+=1}}}
    x}

Suggestions for improvements are welcomed.

Answer 20

PHP, 163 bytes

$n=range(48,57);$c=array_diff(range(32,126),$n);
foreach(range($a,$b) as $v){if($v%8!=0){echo $v;}
else{for($i=0;$i<strlen($v);$i++){echo chr($c[array_rand($c)]);}}}

Explanation:

• $n = range(48,57) These are the ASCII codes for numbers, which are in the middle of special characters (32-47) and other characters (58-126).
• $c = array_diff(range(32,126), $n) Using the $n array, exclude numeric characters and build an array of acceptable ASCII characters.
• foreach(range($a,$b) as $v) Loop over the range of values from $a to $b (inclusive), as $v inside the loop.
• if($v % 8 != 0) { echo $v; } Test for $v being evenly divisible by 8 using the mod operator %.
• else { for($i = 0; $i < strlen($v); $i++) { ... }} If not evenly divisible by 8, loop enough times for the number of digits in the number and print the characters (in the next step).
• echo chr($c[array_rand($c)]) Print a single character from the acceptable array of ASCII values in $c. array_rand returns an index in the array, so we have to get the actual value at that index using $c[random_key].

I could probably make this smaller by creating $c differently, and the loop to print the ASCII characters feels clunky so I'll continue to ponder how to shorten that.

Answer 21

postgresql9.6 251 chars

very long code but postgresql also does it.

do language plpgsql $$ begin for n in a..bloop raise info'%',case when 0=n%8then(select array_to_string(array(select*from(select chr(generate_series(33,126)))t where chr!~'\d'order by random()limit floor(log(n))+1),''))else n::text end;end loop;end;$$

formatted sql is here:

do language plpgsql $$
begin
for n in a..b loop
    raise info '%',
    case when 0 = n % 8 then (
        select array_to_string(array(select * from (
            select chr(generate_series(33, 126))
        ) t where chr !~ '\d' order by random() limit floor(log(n)) + 1), '')
    ) else n::text
    end;
end loop;
end;
$$

Answer 22

QBIC, 79 bytes

::[a,b|~c%8=0|[_l!c$||_R33,116|~e>47 and e<58|e=e+z]Z=Z+chr$(e)]\Z=Z+!c$]Z=Z+@ 

Skipping the numbers is a costly affair, here's a version that might also randomly select 0-9 for 20 bytes less:

::[a,b|~c%8=0|[len(!c$)|Z=Z+chr$(_r33,126|)]\Z=Z+!c$]Z=Z+@ 

Sample output for 1, 89

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 U 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M9 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ^L 25 26 27 28 29 30 
31 <U 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 gH 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 aJ 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 1b 57 58 59 60 
61 62 63 ,C 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 ]; 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 [B 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 Ix 89 

Explanation:

::        Get inputs 'a' and 'b' from the command line
[a,b|     FOR(c=a; c<=b; c++)
~c%8=0|   IF c is cleanly divisible by 8 THEN
 _l!c$|   Take the length (_l) of the string representation (! ... $) of c 
[      |  FOR (d = 1; d<= length(c); d++)
_R33,116| Set e to a random value in the range 33 - 116 (all the printable ascii's - 10)
~e>47     IF e falls between 47
and e<58| and 58 (ASCII code for 0-9) THEN 
e=e+z     e = e + 10 (z == 10 in QBIC)
]         END IF
Z=Z+      Add to Z$
chr$(e)]  ASCII character e
\         ELSE if c is not cleanly divisible by 8
Z=Z+!c$   Add to Z the string representation of c
]         NEXT
Z=Z+@     Add a space to Z$ (@ is an implicitly delimited string literal with 1 significant space)

( Z$ is implicitly printed at end of program )

Answer 23

05AB1E, 17 bytes

ŸεD8ÖižQžhK¦.rsg£

Takes the input as highest\nlowest, and outputs a list.

Try it online or verify all test cases.

Explanation:

Ÿ                  # Create a list in the range [low (implicit) input, high (implicit) input]
 ε                 # Map each value to:
  D                #  Duplicate the value
   8Öi             #  If it's divisible by 8:
      žQ           #   Push all printable ASCII characters (" " through "~")
        žhK        #   Remove all digits
           ¦       #   Remove the first character (the space)
            .r     #   Randomly shuffle the remaining characters
              s    #   Swap to take the map value again
               g   #   Get its length
                £  #   And leave that many characters from the string
                   # (and implicitly output the resulting list after we're done mapping)

Answer 24

Japt, 20 bytes

;òV ®%8?Z:EÅk9ò)öZìl

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;òV ®%8?Z:EÅk9ò)öZìl     :Implicit input of integers U & V
 òV                      :Range [U,V]
    ®                    :Map each Z
     %8                  :  Modulo 8
       ?Z:               :  If truthy, return Z, else
;         E              :  Printable ASCII
           Å             :  Slice off first character
            k            :  Remove
             9ò          :    Range [0,9]
               )         :  End remove
                 Zì      :  Digit array of Z
                   l     :  Length
               ö         :  Get that many random characters from the string

Answer 25

Forth (gforth), 128 bytes

include random.fs
: f 1+ swap do i 8 mod if i . else i 0 <# #s #> 0 do 83 random 33 + dup 47 > 10 * - emit loop ."  "then loop ;

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Explanation

Loop from start to end, print number if not multiple of 8, otherwise get the number of digits in the number and print that many random characters followed by a space

Code Explanation

include random.fs          \ include/import the random module
: f                        \ start new word definition
  1+ swap                  \ add 1 to end number, because forth loops are [start, end), and swap order
  do                       \ start counted loop form start to end
    i 8 mod                \ get the remainder of dividing i (loop index) by 8
    if                     \ if true (not 0, therefore not multiple of 8)
      i .                  \ print the index
    else                   \ otherwise
      i 0                  \ convert index to double-length number
      <# #s #>             \ use formatted numeric output to convert number to a string
      0 do                 \ loop from 0 to (string-length - 1)
        84 random          \ get random number between 0 and 83
        33 +               \ add 33
        dup 47 >           \ check if result is larger than 47
        10 * -             \ if it is add 10 to result (results in number in range: 33-47,58-126)
        emit               \ output ascii char corresponding with number
      loop                 \ end inner loop
    ."  "then            \ output a space and then close the if/else
  loop                   \ end the outer loop
;                        \ end the word definition

UnGolfed

I don't usually ungolf my solutions, but this one is long/complicated enough that I think it's needed

include random.fs

\ get the length (in digits) of a number
: num-length 0 <# #s #> nip ;

\ check if a number is a multiple of another
: is-multiple mod 0= ;               

\ get a random printable non-digit ascii char           
: random-char 84 random 33 + dup 47 > 10 * - ;  

\ get a "random" string of printable ascii chars the same length as a number
: rand-str num-length 0 do random-char emit loop space ;

\ print numbers from a to b, replacing multiple of 8 with a random ascii string of the same length
: crazy-eights 1+ swap do i 8 is-multiple if i rand-str else i . then loop ;

Answer 26

PHP, 130 bytes

function($a,$b){for(;$a<=$b;$a++)echo$a%8?$a:(function($l){while($l--)echo chr(($x=rand(44,128))-($x>58?:11));})(strlen($a))," ";}

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Ungolfed:

function c8( $a, $b ) { 
    for( ; $a<=$b; $a++ ) {                // loop between a -> b
        echo $a % 8 ? $a :                 // every 8, call anon func instead of value
            (function($l) {
                while( $l-- ) {            // repeat length of value
                    $x = rand( 44, 128 );  // range size is printable chars [33,47][58,127]
                    $x-= $x > 58 ?: 11;    // Subtract one from x. If x was less than or 
                                           // equal to 58, subtract a further ten from it
                                           // so that it now falls within the 33-47 range
                    echo chr( $x );        // echo ASCII value
                }
            })( strlen( $a ) )," ";
    }
}

Answer 27

Kotlin, 136 bytes

{r:IntRange->var s=""
for(i in r){for(c in "$i"){var n=java.util.Random().nextInt(83)
if(n>14)n+=10
s+=if(i%8>0)c
else '!'+n}
s+=" "}
s}

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Answer 28

Zsh, 67 bytes

for i ({$1..$2})((i%8))||i=`tr -dc !-/:-~</*/ur*|head -c$#i`&&<<<$i

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Feels pretty long, but so are most answers to this one.

Answer 29

Python 2, 180 Bytes

from random import*
def f(a,b):
 for i in range(a,b+1):
  if i%8<1:
   k,i=str(i),''
   for _ in k:i+=choice([chr(j)for j in range(33,48)]+[chr(j)for j in range(57,126)])
  print i

EDIT:

Thanks @Flp.Tkc for realising I hadn't read the task properly.

Thanks @Caleb for pointing out I could use a few to reduce the byte count.

Thanks @Dennis for pointing out about the fact that numbers can't be included.

EDIT 2:

The current version could probably be simplified more than it is.

Answer 30

PowerShell, 82 89 bytes

$a,$b=$args;$a..$b|%{($_,(-join[char[]](33..47+58..127|random -c "$_".Length)))[!($_%8)]}

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