Re^3: gettin back crypted password

Actually, it's 95 characters. 126-32=94, but the space character is valid, as is the ~, subtracting on the included lower bounds, rather than on the first excluded lower bound, means your answer is off by one.

How many valid characters are between '2' and '6' inclusive? 6-2 = 4, but the valid characters are 2,3,4,5 & 6. 5 of them.

-Scott

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Re^4: gettin back crypted password by thor (Priest) on Mar 09, 2005 at 19:46 UTC
My fault. Though my error in logic was slightly different. When we use the digits 0-9, we're doing base 9+1=10. Here, we want to use the digits 32-126, except shifted down by 32, so we subtract 32 from both endpoints to get the range 0-94. Thus, we want to use base 94+1=95 arithmetic. I'll update my original node. Thanks! thor `Feel the white light, the light within Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come`	[reply]

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Re^4: gettin back crypted password
by thor (Priest) on Mar 09, 2005 at 19:46 UTC

thor

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