# Name: checkPass.py
# Author: Prof. Neary
# Date: 9/25/2018
# Section: All
# Description:
#    This program will continue looping until the user
#    enters a password that is between 8 and 20 chars
#    long
#

MIN_LEN = 8
MAX_LEN = 20

def main():
    print("Welcome to the password checker!")

    # set my boolean flag to reflect bad input
    flag = False

    # so long as the input is bad, loop for more input
    while not flag:
        
        # set the flag to assume that the reqs are satisfied
        flag = True

        password = input("Enter a password: ")

        # if the password is less than the minimum length, it's bad
        if len(password) < MIN_LEN:
            print(password, "is too small!")
            
            #set the flag to reflect a bad password
            flag = False 

        # if the pasword is bigger than the maximum length, it's bad
        if len(password) > MAX_LEN:
            print(password, "is too large!")
            
            #set the flag to reflect a bad password
            flag = False
            
        
    
main()