At 09:26 AM 10/08/2001 -0700, James Kelty wrote:
>What is the best, or workable, way to count the elements in a string? 
>For instance, if someone enters a desired password through a form, 
>I would like to be able to make sure that it is a certain length. 
>I though about using the length() function, but I am not sure if 
>that us secure.......

What would be insecure about using length() ? It's exactly the function
you're looking for in this instance.

Just make sure you check for whitespace, newlines and other goofy
non-passwd complicant characters before doing the length check, of course.

Aloha,
mel




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