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Strong password regular expression that matches any special char

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c#

regex

I need the following check for strong password validation:

  • At least 7 chars
  • At least 1 uppercase char (A-Z)
  • At least 1 number (0-9)
  • At least one special char

I found and tweaked a RegEx and it's like this (sorry, I lost the reference...):

^.*(?=.{7,})(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[@'#.$;%^&+=!""()*,-/:<>?]).*$

It's working in C# except for the fact that I need to match any special char, and I really mean ANY. In other words, I need that the "special char" be anything but numbers and lower/uppercase letters.

Edit:

For the sake of clarity, let's consider that accents are special chars, so é, ñ and the like should be considered special chars in the context of this question.

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brunosp86 Avatar asked Jan 11 '10 18:01

brunosp86


2 Answers

^.*(?=.{7,})(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[^a-zA-Z0-9]).*$
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Yuriy Faktorovich Avatar answered Nov 29 '22 17:11

Yuriy Faktorovich


(Not C# code)

def validate (value):
    return (value.Length >= 7 &&
            value.IndexOfAny(['0', ..., '9']) >= 0 &&
            value.IndexOfAny(['A', ..., 'Z']) >= 0 &&
            value.IndexOfAny(['@', ..., ')']));

Yes I know this is not what the question required, but I believe it's much clearer, have higher performance and easier to maintain than any RegExp solution.

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kennytm Avatar answered Nov 29 '22 16:11

kennytm