I need to check for a password containing 3 of the following 4:
- Lowercase letter
- Uppercase letter
- Numeric character
- Special characters (like %, $, #, ...)
The length of the password has to be between 6 and 20 characters. I currently have this:
public void ChangePassword(string password)
{
Regex regex1 = new Regex("^(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z]){6,20}$");
Regex regex2 = new Regex("^(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*?[#?!@$%^&*-]){6,20}$");
Regex regex3 = new Regex("^(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*?[#?!@$%^&*-]){6,20}$");
Regex regex4 = new Regex("^(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*?[#?!@$%^&*-]){6,20}$");
Regex regex5 = new Regex("^(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*?[#?!@$%^&*-]){6,20}$");
Match match1 = regex1.Match(password);
Match match2 = regex2.Match(password);
Match match3 = regex3.Match(password);
Match match4 = regex4.Match(password);
Match match5 = regex5.Match(password);
if (match1.Success || match2.Success || match3.Success ||
match4.Success || match5.Success)
{
Password = password;
}
else
{
throw new PasswordNotGoodException();
}
}
However, this doesn't match anything at all. It's for a school project, so I really could use some help.
Instead of REGEX you can use:
Much simpler and clean.
EDIT:
If you need at least 3 out of these 4 conditions to be true you can do:
The last repetition is wrong here:
do instead:
And it's the same for all your regex.