add password checker - lesson 01

learning/01-password-checker/password_checker.py

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+import random
+import getpass
+def check_password(user_input, correct_password):
+    return user_input == correct_password
+failure_messages = [
+    "CIA farm boys alerted",
+    "NSA coordinating with NORAD",
+    "UNSC notified of impending domestic launch",
+    "Thermonuclear war initiated",
+    "Rerouting through the Pentagon",
+]
+max_attempts = 5
+attempts = 0
+while attempts < max_attempts:
+    user_input = getpass.getpass("Enter password: ")
+    if check_password(user_input, "joshua"):
+        print("Access granted!")
+        break
+    else:
+        attempts += 1
+        print(f"Attempt {attempts} of {max_attempts}: {random.choice(failure_messages)}")