Need help with password

[KONjbnj]

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

[mksound]

hmm............... figure it out.....

[jamonathin]

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.

[KONjbnj]

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


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KonjBnj

[jamonathin]

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 ***

[KONjbnj]

I still dont get it that much plz help

[jamonathin]

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.

[Bacchus]

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

[McKenzie]

Make sure you set your screen to noecho or you will defeat the purpose:

code:

View.Set("noecho")

[mike200015]

wat does noecho do??

[Bacchus]

if u use getch or get then it wont put the letters on the screen when you press the key

[mike200015]

with getch, it doesn't put the letters on the screen anyway