On 13 December 2001 13:29, Kim Schulz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote
> How short kan you make a program (oneliner?) that:
>
> * checks if a password is 5 characters long or more
As noted, this is covered below...
> * checks if the password contains at least 3 alpha chars (a-zA-Z)
> * checks if the password contains at least 2 numbers (0-9)
>
> I needed 5 lines of code how about you guys?
(Taking my basic idea and then noticing others had realised that >= 2 is the
same as > 1!)
If you are prepared to change $_:
if (y/a-zA-Z//>2&&y/0-9//>1) { # 24 chars for the test
print "not valid";
}
If you can't change $_, you need the c opt on the y's, hence:
if (y/a-zA-Z//c>2&&y/0-9//c>1) { # 26 chars for the test
print "not valid";
}
(Which are shorter than the regex versions...)
Richard Cox
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Dell Technology Online
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