I am creating a random password generator. I wanted to create an input field where the length of the password can only be min 8 and max 16. If user input the length other than the allowable length, it will keep asking the user to input the right password length. I use 'return' so it return to length = int(input('\nEnter the length of password: ')) , but it does not work here. Can I get advice on how to make this right?
#input the length of password
#must be minimun 8 to maximun 16
length = int(input('\nEnter the length of password: '))
#if use enter less than 8 or more than 16
if length < 8 :
print('You password length is too short(must be more than 8 character)')
return;
elif length > 16:
print('You password length is too long(must be less than 17 character)')
return;
else:
print('You password length looks good')
Use the built-in len function instead and use a while loop:
#input the length of password
#must be minimun 8 to maximun 16
#if use enter less than 8 or more than 16
l = False
while not l:
length = input('\nEnter the length of password: ')
if len(length) < 8 :
print('You password length is too short(must be more than 8 character)')
print(len(length), "is the length of your password")
elif len(length) > 16:
print('You password length is too long(must be less than 17 character)')
print(len(length), "is the length of your password")
else:
print('You password length looks good')
break
Output:
Enter the length of password: thisismorethan16characters
You password length is too long(must be less than 17 character)
26 is the length of your password
Enter the length of password: thisisgood
You password length looks good
>>>
Also, remove the int() so we can allow the user to enter a string, and you usually use return when it's in a function. Also there is no use of ; in python.