Checking letter case (Upper/Lower) within a string in Java

Question

The problem that I am having is that I can\'t get my Password Verification Program to check a string to ensure that, 1 of the characters is in upper case and one is in lower

Answer 1

Although this code is likely beyond the understanding of a novice, it can be done in one line using a regex with positive and negative look-aheads:

boolean ok = 
    password.matches("^(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[!@#$%^&*])(?=.*\\d)(?!.*(AND|NOT)).*[a-z].*");

Answer 2

function TellFirstCharacterType(inputString){
    var firstCharacter = inputString[0];
    if(isNaN(firstCharacter)){
        if(firstCharacter == firstCharacter.toUpperCase()){
            return "It's a uppercase character";
        }
        else{
            return "It's a lowercase character";
        }
    }
    else{
        return "It's a Number";
    }
}

Answer 3

package passwordValidator;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @author felipe mello.
     */

    private static Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

     /*
     * Create a password validator(from an input string) via TDD
     * The validator should return true if
     *  The Password is at least 8 characters long
     *  The Password contains uppercase Letters(atLeastOne)
     *  The Password contains digits(at least one)
     *  The Password contains symbols(at least one)
     */


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Please enter a password");
        String password = scanner.nextLine();   

        checkPassword(password);
    }
    /**
     * 
     * @param checkPassword the method check password is validating the input from the the user and check if it matches the password requirements
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean checkPassword(String password){
        boolean upperCase = !password.equals(password.toLowerCase()); //check if the input has a lower case letter
        boolean lowerCase = !password.equals(password.toUpperCase()); //check if the input has a CAPITAL case letter
        boolean isAtLeast8 = password.length()>=8;                    //check if the input is greater than 8 characters
        boolean hasSpecial = !password.matches("[A-Za-z0-9]*");       // check if the input has a special characters
        boolean hasNumber = !password.matches(".*\\d+.*");            //check if the input contains a digit
        if(!isAtLeast8){
            System.out.println("Your Password is not big enough\n please enter a password with minimun of 8 characters");
            return true;
        }else if(!upperCase){
            System.out.println("Password must contain at least one UPPERCASE letter");
            return true;
        }else if(!lowerCase){
            System.out.println("Password must contain at least one lower case letter");
            return true;
        }else if(!hasSpecial){
            System.out.println("Password must contain a special character");
            return true;
        }else if(hasNumber){
            System.out.println("Password must contain at least one number");
            return true;
        }else{
            System.out.println("Your password: "+password+", sucessfully match the requirements");
            return true;
        }

    }
}

Answer 4

That's what I got:

    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Please enter a nickname!");
    while (!scanner.hasNext("[a-zA-Z]{3,8}+")) {
        System.out.println("Nickname should contain only Alphabetic letters! At least 3 and max 8 letters");
        scanner.next();
    }
    String nickname = scanner.next();
    System.out.println("Thank you! Got " + nickname);

Read about regex Pattern here: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html

Answer 5

I have streamlined the answer of @Quirliom above into functions that can be used:

private static boolean hasLength(CharSequence data) {
    if (String.valueOf(data).length() >= 8) return true;
    else return false;
}

private static boolean hasSymbol(CharSequence data) {
    String password = String.valueOf(data);
    boolean hasSpecial = !password.matches("[A-Za-z0-9 ]*");
    return hasSpecial;
}

private static boolean hasUpperCase(CharSequence data) {
    String password = String.valueOf(data);
    boolean hasUppercase = !password.equals(password.toLowerCase());
    return hasUppercase;
}

private static boolean hasLowerCase(CharSequence data) {
    String password = String.valueOf(data);
    boolean hasLowercase = !password.equals(password.toUpperCase());
    return hasLowercase;
}

Answer 6

A quick look through the documentation on regular expression sytanx should bring up ways to tell if it contains a lower/upper case character at some point.