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Counting Characters by type.
var pass = document.basic.password.value;
var chars = pass.length;
var l_let = pass.match(/[a-z]/g).length;
var u_let = pass.match(/[A-Z]/g).length;
var num = pass.match(/\d/g).length;
alert(
"# Chars: "+chars+"\n"+
"# Lower: "+l_let+"\n"+
"# Upper: "+u_let+"\n"+
"# Numbers: "+num
);
//Source: http://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/97635-count-number-of-lowercaseuppercasenumbers-in-a-string/
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