Thread: help with this problem

I'm trying to create a password verification routine, my problem is when a input is entered it will go through each if statement individually. I'm trying to restart validation when a condition is not met. At the moment it only jumps to the next if statement when the previous condition is met, even though its a new input. Thanks in advance.

import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class passWordCheck {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
		String passWord; // Initialize string for the password.
 
		Scanner code = new Scanner(System.in);
		// Give requirements for a valid password.
		System.out.println("1. A code must contain no spaces");
		System.out.println("2. A code must have between 5 and 10 characters (inclusive)");
		System.out.println("3. A code must begin with \\ and must end with \\");
		System.out.println("4. A code must contain at least one lowercase letter and at least one uppercase letter");
		System.out.print("Please enter a code: ");
		passWord = code.nextLine();
		// Do While loop to check all requirement for a valid password are met.
		do {
 
			if (!firstCharacter(passWord)) {// Check First Character
				System.out.println("Code must start with \\.");
				System.out.println("Code is invalid, Please try again");
				passWord = code.nextLine();
			}
			if (!lastCharacter(passWord)) {// Check last Character
				System.out.println("Code must end with \\.");
				System.out.println("Code is invalid, Please try again");
				passWord = code.nextLine();
			}
			if (!hasCorrectLength(passWord)) {// Check password length
				System.out.println("Code must be between 5 and 15 characters in lenth.");
				System.out.println("Code is invalid, Please try again");
				passWord = code.nextLine();
			}
			if (!hasUpperCharacter(passWord)) {// Check for uppercase Character
				System.out.println("Code must contain at least one uppercase letter.");
				System.out.println("Code is invalid, Please try again");
				passWord = code.nextLine();
			}
			if (!hasLowerCharacter(passWord)) {// Check for lowercase character
				System.out.println("Code must contain at least one lowercase letter.");
				System.out.println("Code is invalid, Please try again");
				passWord = code.nextLine();
			}
 
		} while (false);
 
		System.out.println("code is valid.");
		code.close();
 
	}
 
	// Methods for checking password requirements
 
	public static boolean firstCharacter(String str) {
 
		char first = str.charAt(0); // First character of a string
 
		if (first == ('\\')) // This verifies there is a \ at the start.
		{
			return true;
		}
		return false;
 
	}
 
	public static boolean lastCharacter(String str) {
 
		int n = str.length(); // Finding string length
 
		char last = str.charAt(n - 1); // Last character of a string
 
		if (last == ('\\')) // This verifies there is a \ at the end.
		{
			return true;
		}
		return false;
 
	}
 
	public static boolean hasCorrectLength(String str) {
 
		int n = str.length(); // Finding string length
 
		if (n >= 5 || n <= 15) // This verifies the correct length.
		{
			return true;
		}
 
		return false;
	}
 
	public static boolean hasLowerCharacter(String str) {
 
		for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) { // For loop to check password for lowercase
			char currentCharacter = str.charAt(i);
			if (Character.isLowerCase(currentCharacter)) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
 
	}
 
	public static boolean hasUpperCharacter(String str) {
 
		for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) { // For loop to check password for uppercase
			char currentCharacter = str.charAt(i);
			if (Character.isUpperCase(currentCharacter)) {
				return true;
			}
 
		}
		return false;
 
	}
 
}

Please copy the contents of the command prompt window and paste it here that shows what you are asking about. Add some comments to the output to describe where the output show change.

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Can you post the contents of the command prompt window from when you execute the program that shows the problem?

Line 46

Which line is line 46? The lines are not numbered in the display.

		} while (false);  // never loops if false

Why the condition of false? That means it is not supposed to loop

while(false) will never loop.

If you want to control when the code loops and when it exits the loop, change the while statement to use a variable's contents to control the looping.
For example if the value of keepLooping is true, the code will loop. If the value of keepLooping is false, the loop will exit.
Change the value in keepLooping as required for when you want the loop to exit or not
keepLooping is defined as a boolean variable that can hold true or false.

  while(keepLooping);  // loop if keepLooping is true; exit if it is false.