I have a complicated problem that's difficult to explain in this tiny box.

Lyqyd, on 14 March 2014 - 01:49 AM said:

Moved to Ask a Pro.

You're looking for hashing algorithms, most likely.

x = 0
while true do
	 local event, scancode = os.pullEvent("key")
if scancode >=54 then
	 if scancode==15 or scancode==29 or scancode==12 or scancode==13 or scancode==26 or scancode==27 or scancode==43 or scancode==39 or scancode==40 or scancode==51 or scancode==52 or scancode==53 then
		  end
	 elseif scancode==28 then
		  break
	 else
		  x - (x*100)+scancode
end
end
print(x)

Csstform, on 14 March 2014 - 05:22 PM said:

You could throw in a for loop to catch any characters that aren't alphanumeric.

x = 0
while true do
		 local event, scancode = os.pullEvent("key")
if scancode <=54 then
		 if scancode==28 then
				  end
		 elseif  scancode==15 or scancode==29 or scancode==12 or scancode==13 or scancode==26 or scancode==27 or scancode==43 or scancode==39 or scancode==40 or scancode==51 or scancode==52 or scancode==53 then
		 else
				  x = (x*100)+scancode
end
end
end
print(x)

digitalEntity, on 14 March 2014 - 06:20 PM said:

Hold on, hold on, hold on. I figured it out. I'm editing this momentarily with the code I used.
Edit:

x = 0
while true do
		 local event, scancode = os.pullEvent("key")
if scancode <=54 then
		 if scancode==28 then
				  end
		 elseif  scancode==15 or scancode==29 or scancode==12 or scancode==13 or scancode==26 or scancode==27 or scancode==43 or scancode==39 or scancode==40 or scancode==51 or scancode==52 or scancode==53 then
		 else
				  x = (x*100)+scancode
end
end
end
print(x)

The changes were:

Whoops, I'm a moron, I wanted it to look for everything <=54 instead of >=54

and

Derpy derp I'm gonna completely, and accidentally remove any form of action after the long *** list of non-alphanumeric scancodes. DERP… still don't know how that worked lol

-- _G.string.hash is a function in my api.
-- to use:
-- local input = read("*")
-- local hashedpassword = string.hash(input, optional length of the hashed number)

_G.string.hash = function( String, optional_length ) -- Length is optional
  --[==[
    Modified hashing algorithm
  --]==]
  local Hash_Length = 64; -- The normal length of the hash
  Length = optional_length or Hash_Length;
  local Total = 0;
  local Iteration = 0;
  for v in String:gmatch( "." ) do -- Go through every letter/symbol/char in the string and add it to the Total
    Total = Total + (v:byte()^2); -- find the byte of the letter/symbol/char and multiply it with the same byte, then add it to the total
  end
  local NewTotal = Total;
  while Total >= 1 do
    Total = Total / 2;
  end
  Total = tostring( Total );
  while #Total ~= Length do
    Iteration = Iteration + 1;
    if #Total > Length then
      Total = Total:sub( 1, #Total - 1 );
    else
      Total = Total..tostring( Length * Iteration + NewTotal );
    end
  end
  Total = Total:gsub( "[.]", "" )..tostring( Length ):sub( 1, 1 ); -- Remove all Comma's/Dot's, and create the final result
  return Total; -- Return
end

Mikk809h, on 14 March 2014 - 09:32 PM said:

-- _G.string.hash is a function in my api.

digitalEntity, on 14 March 2014 - 10:10 PM said:

Mikk809h, on 14 March 2014 - 09:32 PM said:

-- _G.string.hash is a function in my api.

I'm going to guess I have to download said API in some way?

And also, I understood how most of the parts worked on their own, but I had a hard time figuring out how they all geared together, which is discomforting to me, as I'd prefer to understand how my tools work. All in all, I would agree that a system such as this would probably generate better results on the topic of security, but I would prefer to continue using the program I made (and understand) until I can better understand lua as a whole.

Thank you, however, for your effort and relatively simple hash algorithm (I say relatively because I tried to search for a simple lua hash algorithm, and the only good one I could find was multiple pages long, compared to your couple dozen lines lol) In the future, when I have more time to pore over coding examples of this intensity, I may in fact use your coding lol.