Thread: Password retrieval

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    Password retrieval

    ok so i was assigned an assignment to make a simmple program in Dev C++. our teacher owuld like us to create a simple password retrieval program.

    so if you were to enter a number such as 1234 the program would scan until it finds 1234. what i need is how do i get the program to incorparate letters and number so if i were to enter 1w2e3 how would i program the program to do this. this is what i have so far if anyone can help thatd be great.

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    
    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
        int i;
        for(i = 0; i < 99999; i++) {
              printf("Trying password %d\n",i);
                if(52220 == i) {
                        
                     printf("The password is %d\n",i);
                     break;     
                }
        }  
      system("PAUSE");	
      return 0;
    }

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    anyone?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!?!?

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    Use char instead if int for the password.
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    Hint: research strcmp from string.h

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    sojust char main and inted of %d use %c and change 0 to a and 9999 to b????

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeromey55 View Post
    sojust char main and inted of %d use %c and change 0 to a and 9999 to b????
    what he meant was store the passwords in a string array .
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    you should set a length for the password. there is a way that you can add driectly to the binary but idk how for sure, also, set up the password as a string of chars and use several for\while loops. it makes it a lot easier

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