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 char

Answer 1

• The length of the password should be at least 8 characters.
• The strength increases with the length, a longer password should have more points.
• Include special characters like #/" and the like. (Or just any other than [a-Z0-9])
• For really long passwords this method could get slow. Why don't you just test every new character and use a dictionary for which features the password already has.