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jon_80 wrote:

char* passwordEntry(int allowedSize)
{
const int size = 100;
if (allowedSize > size)
{
cout << "Password size is too large. Size limit is " << size << endl;
allowedSize = size;
}

char password[size];
cout << "Enter your password:";
cin.getline(password,size);
if (strlen(password)>allowedSize)
{throw password;}

return password;
}

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <exception>

using namespace std;

string passwordEntry(int allowedSize)
{
	const int SIZE = 100;
	if (allowedSize > SIZE)
	{
		cout << "Password size is too large. Size limit is " << SIZE << endl;
		allowedSize = SIZE;
	}

	string password = "";
	char buffer[SIZE] = {0};
	cout << "Enter your password:";
	cin.getline(buffer, size);
	password = buffer;
    
	if (password.length() > allowedSize)
	{
		throw exception("Invalid password size!");
	}

	return password;
}
void main ()
{
	const int LEGAL_PASSWD_SIZE = 8;
	string password = "";

	try
	{
		password = passwordEntry(LEGAL_PASSWD_SIZE);
	}
	catch (const exception& e)
	{
		cout << e.what() << endl;
		password = "*********";
	}

	cout << "Password is stored as " << password.c_str() << endl;
}

xkrja wrote:

Is there code available for this kind of communication