Work in progress to check for special characters used

checkers_available/special_checker.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Work in progress to count special characters used across all passwords
+#
+
+# Find out what our base path is
+base_path = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+require File.join(base_path, '../horizbar.rb')
+register_checker("Special_Checker")
+
+class Special_Checker < Checker
+	@list = {}
+
+	def initialize
+		super
+		@list = {}
+	end
+
+	def process_word (word, extras = nil)
+		word.each_char do |letter|
+			if letter !~ /[a-z 0-9]/i
+				if not @list.has_key? letter
+					@list[letter] = 0
+				end
+				@list[letter] += 1
+			end
+		end
+		@total_words_processed += 1
+	end
+
+	def get_results()
+		ret_str = "Special Checker\n"
+		ret_str +="===============\n"
+		disp = false
+
+		(@list.sort do |x,y| (x[1] <=> y[1]) * -1 end).each do |special_data|
+			unless special_data[1] == 0
+				disp = true
+				ret_str << "#{special_data[0]} = #{special_data[1].to_s} (#{((special_data[1].to_f/@total_words_processed) * 100).round(2).to_s}%)\n"
+			end
+		end
+		unless disp
+			ret_str << "None found\n"
+		end
+
+		return ret_str
+	end
+end