Python Shuffle

#!/usr/bin/python
#
#  shuffle2.py   by Verbal
#  shuffle ( randomly mix ) a string of 6 charcters
#
import random
orig = "abcdef"
listb   = list(orig)
random.shuffle(listb)
#   uncomment the line below to see the shuffled characters as a list
#print listb
listc = "".join(listb)
print "original string = ", orig
print "     new string = ",  listc