by Xeeky (1 Submission)
Category: String Manipulation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(2 Votes)
it's supposed to return the next password in a sequence of passwords, not random passwords, or a dictionary attack. it's designed to return case-insensitive alphanumeric passwords, but that can easily be changed, i can't help you do that, it's up to you
Inputs
startPW - this is the pw you want the algorithm to start from
noChange - if this is True, it'll just poll for the next pw w/o changing it inside the function
startLength - ignored if startPW is used, must be > 1, it determines the length of the starting password.
Code Returns
the next base35 string (alphanumeric, lowercase)
Side Effects
none, as long as startLength is greater than 0
VBcodersPublic Function NextPW(Optional startPW As String, Optional noChange As Boolean, Optional startLength = 1) As String
Dim pw() As String, i As Long, s As Long
Static curPW As String
If startPW <> "" And curPW = "" Then
curPW = startPW
NextPW = curPW
Exit Function
End If
If curPW = "" Then
curPW = String(startLength, 48)
NextPW = curPW
Exit Function
End If
If curPW = String(Len(curPW), 122) Then
NextPW = String(Len(curPW) + 1, 48)
If noChange = False Then curPW = NextPW
Exit Function
End If
ReDim pw(Len(curPW))
For i = 1 To Len(curPW)
pw(i) = Mid(curPW, i, 1)
Next
i = UBound(pw)
donextchar:
s = Asc(pw(i)) + 1
Select Case s
Case 58
pw(i) = Chr(97)
Case 123
pw(i) = Chr(48)
i = i - 1
GoTo donextchar
Case Else
pw(i) = Chr(s)
End Select
For s = LBound(pw) To UBound(pw)
NextPW = NextPW & pw(s)
Next
If noChange = False Then curPW = NextPW
End Function
