smiley_generator.py

def create_emoticon_generator():
    while True:
        strings = "!@#^*_-=+/,.;~"
        grouped_strings = [("(", ")"), ("<", ">"), ("[", "]"), ("{", "}")]
        grp = random.choice(grouped_strings)
        face_strings_list = [random.choice(strings) for icon in range(3)]
        face_strings = "".join(face_strings_list)
        emoticon = (grp[0], face_strings, grp[1])
        emoticon = "".join(emoticon)
        yield emoticon

g = create_emoticon_generator()
print([next(g) for smiley in range(4)])