All,

I'm a noob, and have had a Java programming class a while back, but just can't get this, even though it should be an easy fix. I'm trying to set up a password generator that will spit out a list of passwords for me. The only choice I want is whether or not it will be 8 or 15 characters, and the passwords have to have certain characteristics (ex: 2 each of upper case, lower case, number and special characters). I wanted to run it in a simple html page, I am just having a problem with getting the "generate password" button to create multiple passwords to populate a list, and with getting a random password while specifying the minimum characteristics of 2 of each type.....

I've played with numerous different snippets, but this one seems to have the most potential if I could figure out where to go next. I think having several different keylists for the types would work, but how do I make that random (not a capital letter in the 1st position every time...)?

Can someone move this to javascript forum.

I would suggest splitting the keylist into 4 lists (one of lower, upper numeric and special), then as you go through your loop you make sure that you ave the characters done (use some random thing and then have a counter for each of them that checks to make sure you haven't exceeded your limit of characters in the password and makes sure you get all the required characters at least once (or whatever) in the password.