password creation

[Guest_imported]

how can i create a password using C, in such a way that when i encode the password it will apear in asterisk symbol?

 

[Skatanic]

Hey... this should work. It looks kinda sloppy, but it will print a '*' for each character typed. You will want to add code to make sure they do not type in more characters than are allowed, etc. But keep this basic structure to echo '*' characters.

int main() {

char c;
char pwbuff[32];
int j;

c = getch();
for (j=0; c != '\r'; j++) {
pwbuff[j] = c;
putc('*', stdout);
c = getch();
}
pwbuff[j] = 0;
printf ("%s\n", pwbuff);

return 1;
}

 

[Skatanic]

Just a side note as well... The '\r' character works for Windows because that is what is sent when you press return. For other operating systems I don't know if it sends '\r' or maybe '\n'. Try both out.

-Skatanic