Question

I need the following check for strong password validation:

• At least 7 chars
• At least 1 uppercase char (A-Z)
• At least 1 number (0-9)
• At least one special char

I found and tweaked a RegEx and it’s like this (sorry, I lost the reference…):

^.*(?=.{7,})(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[@'#.$;%^&+=!""()*,-/:<>?]).*$

It’s working in C# except for the fact that I need to match any special char, and I really mean ANY. In other words, I need that the “special char” be anything but numbers and lower/uppercase letters.

Edit:

For the sake of clarity, let’s consider that accents are special chars, so é, ñ and the like should be considered special chars in the context of this question.

Answer 1

^.*(?=.{7,})(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[^a-zA-Z0-9]).*$