Originally Posted by evilsilver

hey guys, i'm using Borland 6 c++ in windows xp, now that we got that i have a problem with my program, i have recently created a password function in a programm that works so that when they try to type in their password it shows the * instead of the character for security measures (and just cus it is cool too lol) but the problem is that when someone makes a typo and wants to delete a character it still displays another *, is there a way that i can make the programm destroy one character when the backspace button is struck? here is my function so that you guys can look at it too.

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#include <iostream>
#include <conio>
#include <condefs.h>
#pragma hdrstop
#pragma argsused
 
 
string EnterPassword(){
    string numAsString = "";
    char ch = getch();
    while (ch != '\r') {
        cout << '*';
        numAsString += ch;
        ch = getch();
    }
    return numAsString;
}
 
void passfunction();
 
 
 
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    passfunction();
    return 0;
}
 
 
 
void passfunction()
{
 
    cout << endl;
    cout << "password:";
 
    string password = EnterPassword();
 
    if( passowrd == "rbrown" ){
        cout << "Hello Mr. Brown, Welcome back" << endl;
        system("PAUSE");
        leave = true;
        return;
    }
 
    else if (password != "rbrown"){
        cout << "incorrect password, please try again." << endl;
        system("PAUSE");
        leave = false;
        passfunction (leave);
    }
 
    cout << password << endl;
    system("PAUSE");
    return;
 
}

#include <iostream> #include <conio> #include <condefs.h> #pragma hdrstop #pragma argsused string EnterPassword(){ string numAsString = ""; char ch = getch(); while (ch != '\r') { cout << '*'; numAsString += ch; ch = getch(); } return numAsString; } void passfunction(); int main(int argc, char **argv) { passfunction(); return 0; } void passfunction() { cout << endl; cout << "password:"; string password = EnterPassword(); if( passowrd == "rbrown" ){ cout << "Hello Mr. Brown, Welcome back" << endl; system("PAUSE"); leave = true; return; } else if (password != "rbrown"){ cout << "incorrect password, please try again." << endl; system("PAUSE"); leave = false; passfunction (leave); } cout << password << endl; system("PAUSE"); return; }

Originally Posted by joeprogrammer

Um... hello? This thread is like 2 years old, and plus your code isn't the finest quality... (like using void main and outdated headers)