I personally would suggest other examples, that exhibit a more random function than this particular snippet. Not only is it limited (and a large snippet for the simple function it provides), but notice there is a pattern to it. Usually random passwords rely on the fact that in using alphanumeric characters, a password of given length (say 3 characters for simplicity) will have 62^3, or 238328 possible combinations. Compare that to !mkpass 3 here, where you get 26 26 10, or 6760 combinations (only 2.8% of the total of true random). It guarantees to someone looking to break your password that your first letter will ALWAYS be an uppercase letter, your second a lowercase letter, and your third a number, and in repeating order.

Nice one, Typo.

Dont know what made me comment when I haven't in so long but anyhow....

Here is the makepass alias I came up with some time ago on a whim.

It defaults to a random pass between 12 and 18 characters but you can select the ammount of characters like '$makepass(10)' or '/makepass 10'.

It randomizes using numbers and upper and lower case letters.

It's also set to output differently depending on how it is used. If you use it like $makepass() it will simply return it, and if u use it like /makepass it will echo it.

alias makepass {
  var %go $iif($1 isnum,$v1,$r(12,18))
  while (%go) {
    var %pass %pass $+ $iif($r(1,3) == 1,$r(a,z),$iif($v1 == 2,$r(A,Z),$iif($v1 == 3,$r(0,9))))
    dec %go
  }
  $iif($isid,return,echo -a) %pass
}

To refer to marcs-rock's original code here, napa, 5 means a five-character pass. :P Of course, it's a different topic as per your example.

I know that Jethro_ and a 5 chr pass is int good to me so I like to use a 15 chr pass.

what gave you the idea it was a 5 chr pass? just cuz i used a 5 in it?

Well napa182, that results more than 5 characters long for a pass.

this should be good enough to gen a random pass
eh bored...

//echo -a $regsubex($str(.,5),/./g,$+($r(a,z),$r(1,9),$r(A,Z)))

I've no idea which order $r or $str exectues in. Else you could just use regsubex of a str of .'s then randomize each character.

Furthermore, you could randomize between upper, lower case, numbers symbols.. If you have spare time.

oh yeh xD

I think macs-rock was putting all the code together through the copying and pasting in a hurry that he forgot to leave a space between:> $+$r(a,z) there is a space between $+ and $r(a,z) without the space, that identifier will be negated.

One thing about using $str() is that all the generated password will appear the same. Take jonesy's example, and we make it 5, it'll generate a set of 5 random letters like so, > mmmmmLastly, the approach macs-rock's gone for is rather repetitive and inefficient, making the code bigger than it should.

You could of just set a var and made it add a specfic pattern of different rands of chrs per the $2 number, as this would be not only very limited but also not completly random at all, since it will also be letter - letter - number ...etc which was showed in the previous version of this script, where you should have posted the updated one instead of creating a new post.

alias mkpass {
  return $str($r(a,z),$1)
}

well i will go ahead and edit this one so i can show you what it eould have to be like with just scripts per line and easy for other people to add numbers to it. also with $r

$r is the same thing as $rand so it should have worked and you should have updated your old code instead of posting a new snippet

you also have a bracket mismatch, line 3 needs a { at the end

this could also be shortened alot by using $str

also i did try and use $r but it failed so sorry if this is like the most biggest problem in my code