Thread: masked with asterisk(*)?

Although if you're going to print only one char, you might as well use putchar.

This program, when executed alone, works... And does what I want... ~to output asterisks as the user types in something...

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>

char pw[25],ch;
int i;

int main()
{
	clrscr();
	puts("Enter password");

	while(1)
	{
		if(i<0)
		i=0;
		ch=getch();

		if(ch==13)
		break; /*13 is ASCII value of ENTER*/

		if(ch==8) /*ASCII value of BACKSPACE*/
		{
			putch('\b');
			putch(NULL);
			putch('\b');
			--i;
			continue;
		}

		pw[i++]=ch;
		ch='*';
		putch(ch);
	}

	pw[i]='\0';
	printf("\n\n%s",pw);

	getch();

	return 0;
}

..i got it from the internet by Google'ing it...


Now this one is the program that we're working of...
I tried to integrate the code above, but it's not working..

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>

int main()
{
	char name[20], passcode[20], option, pass_ch, spinstr[] = "|/-\\|";
	int x=0;

	do
	{
		clrscr();

		printf("\n\n\tEnter your name: ");
		fgets(name, sizeof(name), stdin);

		printf("\n\tEnter the passcode: ");

		while(1)
		{
			if(x<0)
			{
				x = 0;
				pass_ch = getch();

				if(pass_ch==13) break; 		/*ENTER*/

				if(pass_ch==8);		        /*BACKSPACE*/
				{
					putch('\b');
					putch(NULL);
					putch('\b');
					--x;
					continue;
				}

				passcode[x++] = pass_ch;
				pass_ch = '*';
				putch(pass_ch);
			}
		}
		passcode[x]='\0';

		printf("\n\n\n\tPress \"Enter\" to proceed...");

		clrscr();

		printf("\n\n\n\tPlease wait. Analyzing data...");

		while(x < 5)
		{
			gotoxy(42,4); printf("%c", spinstr[x]);
			sleep(1);
			x++;
		}

		clrscr();

		printf("\n\n\n\tYour name is: ");
		textcolor(LIGHTBLUE); cprintf("%s", name);
		printf("\n\n\t");
		textcolor(LIGHTGRAY); cprintf("Verifying passcode");

		x=0;
		while(x < 7)
		{
			printf(".");
			sleep(1);
			x++;
		}

		do
		{
			clrscr();

			printf("\n\n\n\tThe passcode that you have entered is: ");

			if(!strcmp(passcode, "XMod749"))
			{
				textcolor(LIGHTBLUE+128); cprintf("ACCEPTED.");
				getch();
				return 0;
			}
			else
			{
				textcolor(LIGHTRED+128); cprintf("INVALID!");
				getch();
				printf("\n\n\t");
				textcolor(LIGHTGRAY); cprintf("What do you want to do?");
				printf("\n\n\t\tExit [E] or Retry [R]? ");
				option = getche();
				option = toupper(option);

				if(option=='E') return 0;

			}

			if(!(option=='E'||option=='R'))
			{
				printf("\n\n\tInvalid command entered. Please try again.");
				getch();
			}

		} while(!(option=='E'||option=='R'));

	} while(option=='R');


	return 0;
}

..can you please help me? thanks in advance.. -_+