Password generator

# Passwords generator
# Initialise characters for password
from random import choice
alpha = ("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
nos = ("0123456789")
symbols = ("!?#$£%&")
chset = ("012")
password = ['.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.']
#
def gen_password():
  noofchars = int(input("How many characters do you require - max 8  "))
  # noofchars = int(noofchars)
  if noofchars > 8:
    noofchars = 8
  print ("password length " + str(noofchars))
  # generate password
  for i in range (0, noofchars):
    # find a random character from alpha, nos, symbols
    rand = int(choice(chset))
    if rand == 0:
      character = choice(alpha)
    if rand == 1:
      character = choice(nos)
    if rand == 2:
      character = choice(symbols)
    password[i] = character
  # print password
  print ("password of " + str(noofchars) + " chars = ")
  for i in range (0, noofchars):
    print (password[i])
  print ("bye")

gen_password()