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by spott 4207 days ago
Also: you have a bug in your password matching algorithm. The following returns "must contain one letter and one number:

    f2JANi#_ywTBcLTeWJ3>y3PsOPt2#pD
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Actually, it appears to not like symbols at all...
Thanks for spotting this ... no pun intended Actually my fault for not creating accurate error messaging. It should say "No special symbols allowed." The code itself is fine. Love that you found this. We'll fix it on the next push. Ftr, these are some of the characters that are not allowed: <,>.?/:;"'{[}]|\`~
errr why are they not allowed?