Monday, April 27, 2009

Read password C# console

Method to read password from console:



     using System.Collections;
     ...       
     public static string ReadPassword() {

          Stack pass = new Stack();

          for (ConsoleKeyInfo consKeyInfo = Console.ReadKey(true);
            consKeyInfo.Key != ConsoleKey.Enter; consKeyInfo = Console.ReadKey(true))
          {
              if (consKeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Backspace)
              {
                  try
                  {
                      Console.SetCursorPosition(Console.CursorLeft - 1, Console.CursorTop);
                      Console.Write(" ");
                      Console.SetCursorPosition(Console.CursorLeft - 1, Console.CursorTop);
                      pass.Pop();
                  }
                  catch (InvalidOperationException)
                  {                      
                      Console.SetCursorPosition(Console.CursorLeft + 1, Console.CursorTop);
                  }
              }
              else {
                  Console.Write("*");
                  pass.Push(consKeyInfo.KeyChar.ToString());
              }
          }
          string[] password = (string[])pass.ToArray();
          Array.Reverse(password);
          return string.Join(string.Empty, password);

      }

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    Thanks you ! that's perfect !

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2010 at 11:33 AM

    But , you need to change your code : a cast of Object[] to string[] is not possible but Object to string can be done. So can you add this code :

    private static string[] Transform(object[] array)
    {
    string[] final = new string[array.Length];

    for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
    {
    final[i] = (string)array[i];
    }

    return final;
    }

    and modify string[] password = (string[])pass.ToArray();
    to string[] password = Transform(pass.ToArray());

    Bay !

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  3. UnknownSeptember 15, 2010 at 10:53 PM

    Thanks for this example. I am able to carry out my task easily.

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  4. AnonymousApril 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    Bit late to the party, but I just thought I'd mention an alternative means of transforming the stack to a string.

    The number of elements in the stack is Pass.Count, and we can use Pass.CopyTo() to copy the contents of the stack to an Array:

    string[] password = new string[Pass.Count];
    Pass.CopyTo(password,0);

    The Stack is in reverse order, so we flip it (as in the original code)

    Array.Reverse(password);

    But then we can use string.Join straight on the array:

    string userPass = string.Join(string.Empty, password);

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    1. UnknownMay 23, 2014 at 12:18 PM

      Later answer, but this is a great modification!

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  5. UnknownJune 6, 2012 at 8:59 PM

    Any reason why you don't just use a stringbuilder?

    Also - needed to handle the case where user presses backspace with nothing on the stack (or in the stringbuilder)

    1: public static string ReadPassword()
    2: {
    3: StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    4: for (ConsoleKeyInfo consKeyInfo = Console.ReadKey(true); consKeyInfo.Key != ConsoleKey.Enter; consKeyInfo = Console.ReadKey(true))
    5: {
    6: if (consKeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Backspace)
    7: {
    8: if (sb.Length > 0)
    9: {
    10: try
    11: {
    12: Console.SetCursorPosition(Console.CursorLeft - 1, Console.CursorTop);
    13: Console.Write(" ");
    14: Console.SetCursorPosition(Console.CursorLeft - 1, Console.CursorTop);
    15: sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1);
    16: }
    17: catch (InvalidOperationException)
    18: {
    19: Console.SetCursorPosition(Console.CursorLeft + 1, Console.CursorTop);
    20: }
    21: }
    22: }
    23: else
    24: {
    25: Console.Write("*");
    26: sb.Append(consKeyInfo.KeyChar.ToString());
    27: }
    28: }
    29: return sb.ToString();
    30: }

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