putting passwords into C programs!

wee_lady

hey
i'm doing a project for college using C and i need to put a password into it. but i want it to cut out after 3 attempts! i have the code working already but i'm not sure how make it go back to the main menu after the incorrect password has been entered in 3 times! n e suggestions how to do it??!

thanks
W_L

ps i assume i need some sort of for loop for this??

bonkey

Correct. You need a loop.

The logic is simple. Here it is in very
non-C pseudo-code.

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counter = 1
passwordOK = false
while not PasswordOK and counter <= 3
ask for password
if password ok
passwordOK = true
else
counter = counter + 1
end if
end while

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I think thats more than enough help. Anything more than that, and I'm doing your homework. Hopefully an admin wont slap me and tell me that this is already too much help......

jc

wee_lady

hehe thank u! it was something like that i was trying to do but i know now where i was going wrong! thanks a million...i appreciate it!

bonkey

I'm guessing you went wrong by using a for loop instead of a while

jc

wee_lady

yeah u're right! thanks for the help...i got it nearly working now! let's hope the rest of my project goes that way!!