Task: Password generator



C#: using System;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
    const string Lower = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
    const string Upper = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
    const string Digits = "0123456789";
    const string Symbols = "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_{|}~";
    static readonly string[] Full = {Lower, Upper, Digits, Symbols, Lower + Upper + Digits + Symbols};

    const string Similar = "Il1O05S2Z";
    static readonly string[] Excluded = Full.Select(x => new string(x.Except(Similar).ToArray())).ToArray();

    static Random _rng = new Random();
    static string[] _symbolSet = Full;

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int length = 12, count = 1;
        try
        {
            foreach (var x in args.Select(arg => arg.Split(':')))
            {
                switch (x[0])
                {
                    case "-l": length = int.Parse(x[1]); break;
                    case "-c": count = int.Parse(x[1]); break;
                    case "-s": _rng = new Random(x[1].GetHashCode()); break;
                    case "-x": _symbolSet = bool.Parse(x[1]) ? Excluded : Full; break;
                    default: throw new FormatException("Could not parse arguments");
                }
            }
        }
        catch { ShowUsage(); return; }
        try
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
                Console.WriteLine(GeneratePass(length));
        }
        catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message); }
    }

    static void ShowUsage()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Usage: PASSGEN [-l:length] [-c:count] [-s:seed] [-x:(true|false)]");
        Console.WriteLine("\t-l: the length of the generated passwords");
        Console.WriteLine("\t-c: the number of passwords to generate");
        Console.WriteLine("\t-s: seed for the random number generator");
        Console.WriteLine("\t-x: exclude similar characters: " + Similar);
        Console.WriteLine("Example: PASSGEN -l:10 -c:5 -s:\"Sample Seed\" -x:true");
    }

    static string GeneratePass(int length)
    {
        var minLength = _symbolSet.Length - 1;
        if(length < minLength)
            throw new Exception("password length must be " + minLength + " or greater");

        int[] usesRemaining = Enumerable.Repeat(1, _symbolSet.Length).ToArray();
        usesRemaining[minLength] = length - minLength;
        var password = new char[length];
        for (int ii = 0; ii < length; ii++)
        {
            int set = _rng.Next(0, _symbolSet.Length);
            if (usesRemaining[set] > 0)
            {
                usesRemaining[set]--;
                password[ii] = _symbolSet[set][_rng.Next(0, _symbolSet[set].Length)];
            }
            else ii--;
        }
        return new string(password);
    }
}





Python: import random

lowercase = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' 
uppercase = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' 
digits = '0123456789'                    
punctuation = '!"

allowed = lowercase + uppercase + digits + punctuation

visually_similar = 'Il1O05S2Z'


def new_password(length:int, readable=True) -> str:
    if length < 4:
        print("password length={} is too short,".format(length),
            "minimum length=4")
        return ''
    choice = random.SystemRandom().choice
    while True:
        password_chars = [
            choice(lowercase),
            choice(uppercase),
            choice(digits),
            choice(punctuation)
            ] + random.sample(allowed, length-4)
        if (not readable or 
                all(c not in visually_similar for c in password_chars)):
            random.SystemRandom().shuffle(password_chars)
            return ''.join(password_chars)


def password_generator(length, qty=1, readable=True):
    for i in range(qty):
        print(new_password(length, readable))