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Need help with password
Author:  KONjbnj [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:12 am ]
Post subject:  Need help with password
I need to create a program that when i need to get something from the user it puts it in asterisks like a password (like when you log into hotmail)


Thanks
KonjBnj
Author:  mksound [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:41 am ]
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hmm............... figure it out.....
Author:  jamonathin [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:01 am ]
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You need to var something : string := "" (equal to nothing)
then you need to var something_else: string (1)
Now you need to use getch, and whenever the user inputs a letter, clear last screen, and add the input to something. Then use a for loop that uses the length of something, and have it display "*" or whatever for how many times it goes through that for loop. And just have the program exit when enter is elsected or something.
** The program must be looped **
mksound wrote:
hmm............... figure it out.....

Those are words spoken of someone who doesn't know the answer himself. Razz
Author:  KONjbnj [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:36 pm ]
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Ok that makes sense just that im still a noob at turing and dont know things like getch so can you plz show the source code or part of it


Thanks
KonjBnj
Author:  jamonathin [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:40 pm ]
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Here's a tip.
Turing:

getch (hold)
cls
thing += hold

Look up getch to see what type of variable you need, and remember that thing stores hold.

*** Hit F10 ***
Author:  KONjbnj [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:45 pm ]
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I still dont get it that much plz help
Author:  jamonathin [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:51 pm ]
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You're not gettin any more source code after this. Look up the vars and whatnot, and when you go to replace the letters, use a for loop like this.
code:
for i : 1 .. length (thing)

Reason you want to display however many letters there are in the password with *'s. The reason I'm not giving you any mre source code, is because there isn't much left, and this sounds like an assignment for school.
Author:  Bacchus [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:36 pm ]
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Turing:
var letter:string(1) %this declares the variable to hold the tmp letter
var password:string:="" %setting a blank var to nothing to hold pass
loop
getch(letter) %this will get the letter you want
password+=letter %after done, this will hold what they inputted
put "*".. %puts the asterixs for each things they type
end loop
i didnt do all, liek you would want a way to exit the loop, check ord in f10 and figure out Razz
Author:  McKenzie [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:50 pm ]
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Make sure you set your screen to noecho or you will defeat the purpose:
code:
View.Set("noecho")
Author:  mike200015 [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:45 pm ]
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wat does noecho do??
Author:  Bacchus [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:55 pm ]
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if u use getch or get then it wont put the letters on the screen when you press the key
Author:  mike200015 [ Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:20 pm ]
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with getch, it doesn't put the letters on the screen anyway

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