Re: Passwords

For a seven (>6) character password:

print join '', (0..9, 'A'..'Z', 'a'..'z')[rand 62] for(1..7);
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(Slightly altered version of the example at crypt).

If you want to have variable length passwords, try adding a rand statement inside the for, that adds a random number to the 7.

Hope that helps.

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Re: Re: Passwords by Anonymous Monk on Aug 02, 2002 at 11:27 UTC
sorry to bother you again, but how do i put the generated password into a variable i.e $password. I have tried doing it using $password = join '', ....... But it just returns the first character of the generated password when i print it. Thanks	[reply]
Re(3): Passwords by Dog and Pony (Priest) on Aug 02, 2002 at 11:42 UTC
Actually, there is, I see now, an error in my code which is the reason you can't do that right off the bat. My mistake for using print to test it with, since print happily takes arrays as input... Anyhow, you want Abigail-II's version below in either case, since it a) works, b) is much neater and c) makes sure you always have at least one each of numbers, lower- and uppercase characters (I missed that wish too). :) You have moved into a dark place. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.	[reply]