07_Password_part1

"""
Have the program create random strong passwords mixing upper and lower case,
symbols and numbers.
The user can choose how long they want the password to be.
A strong password must contain:
    • a capital letter
    • a number
    • a symbol.

"""
import random

caps =["A","B","C"]# see second part for a way to auto populate
numb = ["0","1","2"]
symb = ["!",'"',"£"]
lows = ["a","b","c"]
alls = []

# populates the alls list
alls.extend(caps)
alls.extend(numb)
alls.extend(symb)
alls.extend(lows)

#print(alls)

chars_needed = int()
password=[] # to hold the password

while chars_needed <3:
    chars_needed = int(input("Enter number of characters you'd like (min 3) >> "))

password.append(random.choice(caps))
password.append(random.choice(numb))
password.append(random.choice(symb))
#print(password)

for i in range(chars_needed-3):
    password.append(random.choice(alls))
    random.shuffle(password)

passwordstring = ""
for i in range(len(password)):
    passwordstring += password[i]
    #passwordstring = passwordstring + password[i]
print(password)
print(passwordstring)