how to loop until input is the right length

Question

I'm trying to get the user to enter a password (when making an account for my quiz) and check that the password is over 6 characters. If it isn't, it will loop back and ask the user to try another password. Here's what I've got so far:

def password ():
    password = input("enter a password over 6 characters")
    count = 0
    for letter in password:
        count = count + 1
    while count < 6:
        password = input("password too short try again") 

password ()

Here's what I get if my password is long enough:

enter a password over 6 characters longpassword

Here's what I get if my password's too short:

enter a password over 6 characters lol
password too short try again lol
password too short try again longpassword
password too short try again

It doesn't seem to count the characters after the first time and I don't know why.

Try to also fix your text. All lower case is not good English syntax :). Your text should be presentable and follow English language Syntax please :). — Derick Alangi, Oct 22 '17 at 10:22

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '17 at 10:15

2

password = ""
while len(password) < 6:
    password = input("....")

answered Oct 22 '17 at 10:15

blue_note

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