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Jan 20, 2012 (last update: Jan 28, 2012)

Password Creator

Score: 3.5/5 (112 votes)
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#ifndef _PARSER_HPP
#define _PARSER_HPP

//Parser.hpp

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>

#include <string>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <cctype>
#include <cstring>

class Parser
{
    std::ostream* Out;
    int Argc;
    char** Argv;
public:
    Parser (int , char**);
    ~Parser ();
    
    int getPos ();
    
    void print ();
    void setOut ();    

    static char randomChar ();

    bool isDigit (char*);
};

#endif 


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//Parser.cpp

#include "Parser.hpp"

Parser::Parser (int Argc , char** Argv)
{
    //Check if passed any arguments
    if (Argc < 2)
    {
	//Print usage and then exit
	std::cout << "Usage : " << Argv [0] << " --Out (Optional) (Password length)" << std::endl;
	std::cout << "Examples : \n" << Argv [0] << " --Passwords.txt 1 43 2 6" << std::endl;
	std::cout << Argv [0] << " 1 4" << std::endl;
	
	//Exit with a failure
	exit (1);
    }

    //Set argument counter and vector
    this->Argc = Argc;
    this->Argv = Argv;

    //Set out
    this->Out = 0;
}

Parser::~Parser ()
{
    //Check if we need to delete anything
    if (this->Out != &std::cout)
    {
	delete this->Out;
    }
}

char Parser::randomChar ()
{
    //String containing all possible characters
    std::string Gen =
	"abcedefghijkmnlopqrstuvwxyz"
	"ABCDEFGHIJKMNLOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
	"0123456789";
    
    //Return a random character
    return Gen [rand () % Gen.length ()];
}

bool Parser::isDigit (char* String)
{
    //Temp variable(s)
    int i = 0;
    int iSize = strlen (String);
    
    //Iterate through string to check for any non digit characters
    for (i = 0 ; i < iSize ; i++)
    {
	//We found a digit stop the loop and return false
	if (!isdigit (String [i]))
	{
	    return false;
	}
    }
    //All characters were digits so it is a number return true;
    return true;
}

int Parser::getPos ()
{
    //Temp variable(s)
    int i = 0;
    std::string Temp = "";

    //Search vector
    for (i = 0 ; i < this->Argc ; i++)
    {
	Temp = this->Argv [i];
	if (Temp.find ("--") != std::string::npos)
	{
	    return i;
	}
    } 

    //Return no position
    return -1;
}

void Parser::setOut ()
{
    //Set position
    int iPos = this->getPos ();
    
    //Check if valid position
    if (iPos < 0)
    {
	this->Out = &std::cout;
	return;
    }

    //Temp variable(s)
    std::string Temp = this->Argv [iPos];

    //Replace dashes with empty spaces
    Temp.replace (Temp.find ("--") , 2 , "");
    
    //Set new ofstream to out
    this->Out = new std::ofstream (Temp.c_str () , std::ios::app);
}

void Parser::print ()
{
    //Temp variable(s)
    int i = 0;
    int iPasswordSize = 0;

    //Check if current string is a digit
    for (i = 0 ; i < this->Argc ; i++)
    {
	//Set stream to convert numbers
	std::stringstream Stream;

	//Check if current argument is a number
	if (this->isDigit (this->Argv [i]))
	{
	    //It is a number convert it to an integer
	    Stream << this->Argv [i];
	    Stream >> iPasswordSize;
	    
	    //Generate password
	    
	    //Temp string containing password
	    std::string Temp;

	    //Resize it
	    Temp.resize (iPasswordSize);
	    
	    //Generate random letters
	    std::generate (Temp.begin () , Temp.end () , Parser::randomChar);

	    //Shuffle the letters around
	    std::random_shuffle (Temp.begin () , Temp.end ());
	    
	    //Print the passwords either to a file or to the console
	    *(this->Out) << Temp << std::endl;
	}
    }
}


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//main.cpp

#include <iostream>

#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>

#include "Parser.hpp"

int main(int argc , char* argv[])
{
    //Seed generator
    srand ((unsigned) time (NULL));
    
    //Create a parser
    Parser Generator (argc , argv);

    //Set the place to out put text
    Generator.setOut ();
    
    //Print passwords
    Generator.print ();
    
    return 0;
}