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1. Random Password

• Posted by Alex Blanchette <caithman at juno.com> Jul 30, 2004
• 653 views

I'm trying to write a simple DOS program that makes a random 6 number password
when you press enter, but for somereason it won't start when I press enter,
it just starts on its own and doesn't stop, is there a way I can fix this?
How do I get it to print six random numbers on one line if I can only use
one %d command in a puts() command?

(I just started programming about 4 days ago)

3. Re: Random Password

• Posted by Guillermo Bonvehi <knixeur at speedy.com.ar> Jul 30, 2004
• 666 views

Hi Alex welcome to the programming world :)
It's always good if you can post your code or a sample of your problem so it's
easier to us know what's wrong.
You should check printf or sprintf routines to print a number the way you want
to.

Best Regards,
	Guillermo Bonvehi

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:19:22 -0700
Alex Blanchette <guest at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> posted by: Alex Blanchette <caithman at juno.com>
> 
> 
> I'm trying to write a simple DOS program that makes a random 6 number password
> when you press enter, but for somereason it won't start when I press enter,
> it just starts on its own and doesn't stop, is there a way I can fix this?
> How do I get it to print six random numbers on one line if I can only use
> one %d command in a puts() command?
> 
> (I just started programming about 4 days ago)

5. Re: Random Password

• Posted by irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Jul 30, 2004
• 576 views

Alex Blanchette wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm trying to write a simple DOS program that makes a random 6 number password
> when you press enter, but for somereason it won't start when I press enter,
> it just starts on its own and doesn't stop, is there a way I can fix this?
> How do I get it to print six random numbers on one line if I can only use
> one %d command in a puts() command?
> 
> (I just started programming about 4 days ago)

Hello Alex:

First of all, to make Euphoria wait until a key is pressed, you need 
the wait_key() function, perhaps as follows:

include get.e

integer key, password

key = wait_key() -- program will pause here until you hit a key

Then, below that, you put the code to generate a random number

password = rand(999999) -- up to 6 digits

Now, that random number may sometimes have 6 digits, but most often
it will be shorter, as 999999 is just the maximum value, zero will be 
the minimum. So you want to always display 6 digits regardless of the 
value:

printf(1,"%06d",password)

You may also want to add some prompts so users of your program will 
know what to do, so the complete program might look like this:

include get.e

integer key, password

puts(1,"Press the enter key:")
key = wait_key()

password = rand(999999)
printf(1,"\nYour password is: %06d",password)

7. Re: Random Password

• Posted by Michael Raley <thinkways at yahoo.com> Jul 30, 2004
• 617 views

if you compute digits seperately 
then you could do something like this.
 I'm using hex pairs for the password here.
  
 --6 digit password 
 sequence v 
  v = {}
 for i = 1 to 3 do 
 v &= rand(256)-1
 --add some delay. 
 --You might reject having 2 identical numbers in a row, etc..
 end for 

 printf(screen, "%02x%02x%02x --\n", 
 v[1] & v[2] & v[3]  )

9. Re: Random Password

• Posted by cklester <cklester at yahoo.com> Jul 30, 2004
• 602 views

Alex Blanchette wrote:
> 
> Thank you everyone for your gracious help, I admit I was a bit skeptical about
> asking for help on a forum due to the fact that most forums have those "3l337"
> people that will "Flame" you for asking anything related to beginners level
> of work.

Despite our being very elite (nay, most elite), we can't help but be
nice because some of us started out as newbies, too.

Like that great philosopher once said, "It is when we lose site of
our past that we become the estranged elite."

-=ck
"Programming in a state of EUPHORIA."
http://www.cklester.com/euphoria/

11. Re: Random Password

• Posted by "Michelle Rogers" <michellerogers at bellsouth.net> Jul 31, 2004
• 610 views

LOL..I had the same experience in a Perl group...so I flamed 'em right
back.....told 'em how much better the euphoria group was..and then promptly
unsubscribed from the group...heh..i don't need Perl that bad.


Michelle Rogers
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "irv mullins" <guest at RapidEuphoria.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: Random Password


>
>
> posted by: irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>
>
> Alex Blanchette wrote:
> >
> > Thank you everyone for your gracious help, I admit I was a bit skeptical
about
> > asking for help on a forum due to the fact that most forums have those
"3l337"
> > people that will "Flame" you for asking anything related to beginners
level
> > of work.
>
> I think that's only the Perl groups - at least, that has been my
> experience ;)
>
> Irv
>
>
>
>

13. Re: Random Password

• Posted by Craig Welch <craig at wedgetail.com> Jul 31, 2004
• 601 views

Michelle Rogers wrote:

> heh..thing was.......it was a BEGINNERS Perl group.  *smirks*
> Michelle Rogers

Like, 'knit one, perl one'?

15. Re: Random Password

• Posted by Guillermo Bonvehi <knixeur at speedy.com.ar> Aug 01, 2004
• 595 views

I guess he meant l337 (leet).

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:11:35 -0300
Ricardo Forno <rforno at uyuyuy.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> "3l337"?? What does it mean??
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alex Blanchette <guest at RapidEuphoria.com>
> To: <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Random Password
> 
> 
> > posted by: Alex Blanchette <caithman at juno.com>
> >
> > Thank you everyone for your gracious help, I admit I was a bit skeptical
> about
> > asking for help on a forum due to the fact that most forums have those
> "3l337"
> > people that will "Flame" you for asking anything related to beginners
> level
> > of work.
> >
> > Thy name is but a short lived word,
> > Thy life is a forever ending story...
> >
> >