On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 07:40:46PM -0000, Matt Groves wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for the shortest, cleverest possible solution to this. When
> changing a password, I need a RegExp which will ensure the following
> criteria :
>
> 1. It must be at least 6 characters
>
> 2. It must contain at least one lower case letter [a-z]
>
> 3. It must contain at least one upper case letter [A-Z]
>
> 4. It must contain at least one number [0-9]
>
> 5. Optionally, it can cover for accepted non-alphanumeric chars such as
> "_", "-" etc (but not "#"), and a maximum password length of 14
> characters
How about,
sub valid_password {
return /^[-\w]{6,14}$/ && /[0-9]/ && /[a-z]/ && /[A-Z]/ for $_[0];
}
Paul
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