I need help understanding this code

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;


int main() {

        srand ( time ( NULL ) );


        unsigned short int counterN; // counter for Number of passWords
        unsigned short int NumberOfPassWord; // Number of passwords
        unsigned short int PassWordLong; // How Long The PassWord
        char Alphabet [74] = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l',

                'm','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z','A',
               
                'B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P',
               
                'Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','0','1','2','3','4',
               
                '5','6','7','8','9','!','@','#','$','%','^','&','*','(',')',
               
                '?','~' };

        cout << "Enter length of password\n>";
        cin >> PassWordLong;

        cout << "Enter number of passwords\n>";
        cin >> NumberOfPassWord;

        for ( counterN = 1; counterN <= NumberOfPassWord; counterN++ ) {
         

                        for ( ; PassWordLong > 0; PassWordLong-- )


                                cout << Alphabet [ rand() % 74 ];
               

                        cout << endl;

               
        }


        system("pause");

        return(0);


}

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Why doesn't this work!!!!!!

But this dose....

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;

void Long (int passwordlong);


int main() {

        srand ( time ( NULL ) );


        unsigned short int counterN; // counter for Number of passWords
        unsigned short int NumberOfPassWord; // Number of passwords
        unsigned short int PassWordLong; // How Long The PassWord


        cout << "Enter length of password\n>";
        cin >> PassWordLong;

        cout << "Enter number of passwords\n>";
        cin >> NumberOfPassWord;

        for ( counterN = 1; counterN <= NumberOfPassWord; counterN++ ) {
         
                        Long( PassWordLong);

                        cout << endl;

        }


        system("pause");

        return(0);


}

void Long ( int PassWordLong ) {

                char Alphabet [74] = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l',

                'm','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z','A',
               
                'B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P',
               
                'Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','0','1','2','3','4',
               
                '5','6','7','8','9','!','@','#','$','%','^','&','*','(',')',
               
                '?','~' };


                        for ( ; PassWordLong > 0; PassWordLong-- )


                                cout << Alphabet [ rand() % 74 ];

}

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Can someone help me out..... I got it to work but that I don't understand why the first one doesn't work its mind boggling......

What doesn't work about it? If you mean, why can I only print one password, that's because you don't reset PassWordLong after printing the first one out.

In the first version, the PassWordLong is 0 at the end of the first iteration of the outer loop. Consequently, the inner loop never runs on subsequent iterations of the outer loop. You need another counter (and personally I would rather count from 0 to PassWordLong than count in reverse).

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;


int main() {

        srand ( time ( NULL ) );


        unsigned short int counterL; // counter for how long the password;
        unsigned short int counterN; // counter for Number of passWords
        unsigned short int NumberOfPassWord; // Number of passwords
        unsigned short int PassWordLong; // How Long The PassWord
        char Alphabet [74] = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l',

                'm','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z','A',
               
                'B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P',
               
                'Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','0','1','2','3','4',
               
                '5','6','7','8','9','!','@','#','$','%','^','&','*','(',')',
               
                '?','~' };

        cout << "Enter length of password\n>";
        cin >> PassWordLong;

        cout << "Enter number of passwords\n>";
        cin >> NumberOfPassWord;

        for ( counterN = 1; counterN <= NumberOfPassWord; counterN++ ) {
       
                for ( counterL = 1; counterL < PassWordLong; counterL++ ) 

                        for ( ; PassWordLong > 0; PassWordLong-- )


                                cout << Alphabet [ rand() % 74 ];


                        cout << endl;

               

        }


        system("pause");

        return(0);


}

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Like this b/c this doesn't work??

No, like this:

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for ( counterN = 1; counterN <= NumberOfPassWord; counterN++ ) {
    for ( counterL = 0; counterL < PassWordLong; counterL++ )
        cout << Alphabet [ rand() % 74 ] << endl;
}

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Also, you should declare variables near first use, so I would write:

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for ( unsigned short int counterN = 1; counterN <= NumberOfPassWord; counterN++ ) {
    for ( unsigned short int counterL = 0; counterL < PassWordLong; counterL++ )
        cout << Alphabet [ rand() % 74 ] << endl;
}

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Thanks for the tips and help..... Now do you have any idea how to filter out all the passwords that are printed out with the first character as number or spacial char