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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_random(number_of_bytes=None, region=None, key=None, keyid=None,
                    profile=None):
    '''
    Generate a random string.

    CLI example::

        salt myminion boto_kms.generate_random number_of_bytes=1024
    '''
    conn = _get_conn(region=region, key=key, keyid=keyid, profile=profile)

    r = {}
    try:
        random = conn.generate_random(number_of_bytes)
        r['random'] = random['Plaintext']
    except boto.exception.BotoServerError as e:
        r['error'] = __utils__['boto.get_error'](e)
    return r