jQuery password strength checker

Question

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 1

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 2

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 3

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 4

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 5

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 6

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 7

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 8

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 9

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 10

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 11

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 12

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 13

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 14

I'm quite new to jQuery, and I've written a simple function to check the strength of a password for each keypress.

The idea is that every time a user enters a character, the contents is evaluated to test the strengh of the password they have entered... I'm sure everyone has seen these before.

Anyhow, the logic I have used is that no password begins with a value of 1. When a lower-case character is used, the score increments to 2. When a digit is used the score increments by 1 again, same for when an uppercase character is used and when the password becomes 5 or more characters long.

What is returned is the strength of the password so far as a value from 1 to 5 every time a key is pressed.

So, about my question. The way that I've done it doesn't seem very jQuery like... almost like I may as well have just done straight javascript. Also I was wondering about my logic. Have I done anything done or overlooked something? Any suggestions from smarter people than myself?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

$(document).ready(function(){

        $("#pass_strength").keyup(function() {

            var strength = 1;

            /*length 5 characters or more*/
            if(this.value.length >= 5) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains lowercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[a-z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains digits*/
            if(this.value.match(/[0-9]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            /*contains uppercase characters*/
            if(this.value.match(/[A-Z]+/)) {
                strength++;
            }

            alert(strength);
        });
     });

Answer 15

implementation for scoring based on variation, mess and length:

function scorePass(pass) {  
    let score = 0;
    
    // variation range
    score += new Set(pass.split("")).size * 1;
    const charCodes = [...new Set(pass.split(''))].map(x=>x.toLowerCase().charCodeAt(0));

    // shuffle score - bonus for messing things up
    for (let i=1; i < charCodes.length;i++)
    {
        const dist = Math.abs(charCodes[i-1]-charCodes[i]);
        if (dist>60)
            score += 15;
        else if (dist>8)
            score += 10;
        else if (dist>1)
            score += 2;
    }
    
    // bonus for length
    score += (pass.length - 6) * 3;

    return parseInt(score);
}

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