| public static Int32Between ( int startNumber, int stopNumber ) : int | ||
| startNumber | int | A |
| stopNumber | int | A |
| return | int | |
/// <summary>
/// Generates a password with the given length.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="length">The length of the password to be generated.</param>
/// <returns>A randomly generated password.</returns>
public string GeneratePassword(int length)
{
List <CharacterGroup> characterGroups;
char[] passwordChars;
if (length < MinLength)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(length), $"The length of the generated password must be at least {MinLength} characters.");
}
// Create a collection of character groups the size of the password to be generated.
// The number of times a character group appears in this collection is equal to the
// minimum number of occurrences of that character group. An AllCharacters group is
// created to fill in the characters not accounted for by the other character groups.
characterGroups = m_characterGroups
.SelectMany(characterGroup => Enumerable.Repeat(characterGroup, characterGroup.MinOccurrence))
.Concat(Enumerable.Repeat(new CharacterGroup(AllCharacters), length - MinLength))
.ToList();
passwordChars = new char[length];
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
// Pull a random character from the character group into the password
CharacterGroup characterGroup = characterGroups[i];
int index = Random.Int32Between(0, characterGroup.Characters.Length);
passwordChars[i] = characterGroup.Characters[index];
}
// Scramble the generated set of characters
passwordChars.Scramble();
return(new string(passwordChars));
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates a password with length between the given
/// <paramref name="minLength"/> and <paramref name="maxLength"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="minLength">The minimum length of the generated password.</param>
/// <param name="maxLength">The maximum length of the generated password.</param>
/// <returns>A randomly generated password.</returns>
public string GeneratePassword(int minLength, int maxLength)
{
if (minLength > maxLength)
{
throw new ArgumentException("minLength must be less than or equal to maxLength");
}
return(GeneratePassword(Random.Int32Between(minLength, maxLength + 1)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates a random password of the specified <paramref name="length"/> with at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one special character and one digit.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="length">Length of the password to generate.</param>
/// <returns>Randomly generated password of the specified <paramref name="length"/>.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">A value of less than 8 is specified for the <paramref name="length"/>.</exception>
public static string GeneratePassword(int length)
{
if (length < 8)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Value must be at least 8", "length");
}
// ASCII character ranges:
// Lower case - 97 to 122
// Upper case - 65 to 90
// Special character - 33 to 47
// Digits - 48 to 57
int cursor = 0;
int lower = Random.Int32Between(1, length / 2);
int upper = Random.Int32Between(1, (length - lower) / 2);
int special = Random.Int32Between(1, (length - (lower + upper)) / 2);
int digits = length - (lower + upper + special);
char[] password = new char[length];
for (int i = 0; i < lower; i++)
{
password[cursor] = (char)Random.Int32Between(97, 122);
cursor++;
}
for (int i = 0; i < upper; i++)
{
password[cursor] = (char)Random.Int32Between(65, 90);
cursor++;
}
for (int i = 0; i < special; i++)
{
password[cursor] = (char)Random.Int32Between(33, 47);
cursor++;
}
for (int i = 0; i < digits; i++)
{
password[cursor] = (char)Random.Int32Between(48, 57);
cursor++;
}
// Scramble for more randomness.
List <char> scrambledPassword = new List <char>(password);
scrambledPassword.Scramble();
return(new string(scrambledPassword.ToArray()));
}
