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Thread: learning while and for loops

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    Default learning while and for loops

    Hello!

    My name is Jon and I am taking my first programming class in Java. I have to write a program that asks the user to enter a "new password." The program should check that the user's password has at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one non-letter character. Furthermore, if the user enters an incorrect password, the program should keep asking for a new password until it gets a valid one. if the use enters an incorrect password 3 times, the program stops asking the user for a new password.

    I'm sure there are 999 different ways to write this code. I'm really close with what I have, so I'm hoping I don't have to change everything around entirely. my code can correctly test whether the user's password is valid or not. i'm having trouble getting it to ask the user for a new pw if it is not valid the first time. Anyway, here's what I have so far!
    import java.util.*;
     
    public class HWHelp
    {
    	public static void main (String [] args)
    	{
    		boolean hasUpper = false;
    		boolean hasLower = false;
    		boolean hasNonLetter = false;
    		boolean passwordSet = false;
    		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    		System.out.println("Please enter a new password. Make sure your password "
    			+ "contains at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, "
    			+ "and at least one character that is either a numerical digit or other "
    			+ "non-letter.");
     
    		String usersPw = scan.next();
    		int j = 0;
     
    		while (!passwordSet && (j < 3))
    		{
    			for (int i = 0; i < usersPw.length(); i++)
    			{	
    				while (i < usersPw.length())
    				{
    					char character = usersPw.charAt(i);
    					if (character >= 65 && character <= 90)
    					{
    						hasUpper = true;
    					}
    					if (character >= 97 && character <= 122)
    					{
    						hasLower = true;
    					}
    					if (character < 65 || (character > 90 && character < 97) || character > 122)
    					{
    						hasNonLetter = true;
    					}
    					i++;
    				}			
    			}
    			if (hasUpper && hasLower && hasNonLetter)
    			{
    				passwordSet = true;
    			}
    			else
    			{
    				passwordSet = false;
    			}
    			j++;
    		}
    		if (passwordSet)
    		{
    			System.out.println("Password set.");
    		}
    		else
    		{
    			System.out.println("Password change aborted.");
    		}
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: learning while and for loops

    You have a loop that keeps going if the password is not set and is less than 3 attempts, so it probably makes sense to ask the user to enter the new password inside the loop. What do you think?
    Improving the world one idiot at a time!

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    Default Re: learning while and for loops

    Thank you! I figured it out! That was a big help.

    JG

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