Task: Password generator
C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>

#define DEFAULT_LENGTH 4
#define DEFAULT_COUNT 1

char* symbols[] = {"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "0123456789", "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_{|}~"};
int length = DEFAULT_LENGTH;
int count = DEFAULT_COUNT;
unsigned seed;
char exSymbols = 0;

void GetPassword () {
    
    int lengths[4] = {1, 1, 1, 1};
    int count = 4;
    while (count < length) {
        lengths[rand()%4]++;
        count++;
    } 

    
    char password[length + 1];
    for (int i = 0; i < length; ) { 
        
        int str = rand()%4;
        if (!lengths[str])continue;   

        char c;
        switch (str) {
            case 2:
                c = symbols[str][rand()%10];
                while (exSymbols && (c == 'I' || c == 'l' || c == '1' || c == 'O' || c == '0' || c == '5' || c == 'S' || c == '2' || c == 'Z'))
                    c = symbols[str][rand()%10];
                password[i] = c;
            break;

            case 3:
                c = symbols[str][rand()%30];
                while (exSymbols && (c == 'I' || c == 'l' || c == '1' || c == 'O' || c == '0' || c == '5' || c == 'S' || c == '2' || c == 'Z'))
                    c = symbols[str][rand()%30];
                password[i] = c;
            break;

            default:
                c = symbols[str][rand()%26];
                while (exSymbols && (c == 'I' || c == 'l' || c == '1' || c == 'O' || c == '0' || c == '5' || c == 'S' || c == '2' || c == 'Z'))  
                    c = symbols[str][rand()%26];
                password[i] = c;
            break;
        }

        i++;
        lengths[str]--;
    }

    password [length] = '\0';
    printf ("%s\n", password);
}

int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
    seed = (unsigned)time(NULL);

    
    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
        switch (argv[i][1]) {
            case 'l':
                if (sscanf (argv[i+1], "%d", &length) != 1) {
                    puts ("Unrecognized input. Syntax: -l [integer]");
                    return -1;
                }
                
                if (length < 4) {
                    puts ("Password length must be at least 4 characters.");
                    return -1;
                }
                i++;                
            break;

            case 'c':
                if (sscanf (argv[i+1], "%d", &count) != 1) {
                    puts ("Unrecognized input. Syntax: -c [integer]");
                    return -1;
                }

                if (count <= 0) {
                    puts ("Count must be at least 1.");
                    return -1;
                }
                i++;
            break;

            case 's':
                if (sscanf (argv[i+1], "%d", &seed) != 1) {
                    puts ("Unrecognized input. Syntax: -s [integer]");
                    return -1;
                }
                i++;
            break;

            case 'e':
                exSymbols = 1;
            break;

            default:
                help:
                printf ("Help:\nThis program generates a random password.\n"
                "Commands:"
                   "Set password length: -l [integer]\n"
                   "Set password count: -c [integer]\n"
                   "Set seed: -s [integer]\n"
                   "Exclude similiar characters: -e\n"
                   "Display help: -h");
                return 0;
            break;
        }    
    }

    srand (seed);

    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
        GetPassword();
    
    return 0;
}

Java: import java.util.*;

public class PasswordGenerator {
    final static Random rand = new Random();

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int num, len;

        try {
            if (args.length != 2)
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();

            len = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
            if (len < 4 || len > 16)
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();

            num = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
            if (num < 1 || num > 10)
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();

            for (String pw : generatePasswords(num, len))
                System.out.println(pw);

        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            String s = "Provide the length of the passwords (min 4, max 16) you "
                    + "want to generate,\nand how many (min 1, max 10)";
            System.out.println(s);
        }
    }

    private static List<String> generatePasswords(int num, int len) {
        final String s = "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_{|}~";

        List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();

        for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.append(s.charAt(rand.nextInt(s.length())));
            sb.append((char) (rand.nextInt(10) + '0'));
            sb.append((char) (rand.nextInt(26) + 'a'));
            sb.append((char) (rand.nextInt(26) + 'A'));

            for (int j = 4; j < len; j++) {
                int r = rand.nextInt(93) + '!';
                if (r == 92 || r == 96) {
                    j--;
                } else {
                    sb.append((char) r);
                }
            }
            result.add(shuffle(sb));
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static String shuffle(StringBuilder sb) {
        int len = sb.length();
        for (int i = len - 1; i > 0; i--) {
            int r = rand.nextInt(i);
            char tmp = sb.charAt(i);
            sb.setCharAt(i, sb.charAt(r));
            sb.setCharAt(r, tmp);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}