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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def generate_password(length=16):
 """ Generate a password using random characters from uppercase, lowercase, digits, and symbols :param length: Length of the password to be generated :return: The random password """

    chars = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + '!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{};:,<.>?|'
    modulus = len(chars)
    pchars = os.urandom(16)
    if type(pchars) == str:
        return ''.join(chars[i % modulus] for i in map(ord, pchars))
    else:
        return ''.join(chars[i % modulus] for i in pchars)