permutations of a 6! numerically

[Ray.R]

This is a good one...

Would be a nice coding challenge 😉   To do it nicely that is...

[John Pierson]

Then you're challenged! 😉

[Neil.Pate]

I built something similar to this once when I was trying to recover a lost password from an Excel spreadsheet (using ActiveX to open the spreadsheet with the new password).

It worked well, but the password was about 10 characters so I never manager to brute force it!

Will see if I can dig it up (prob not as it was at a previous employer...)

[John Pierson]

would really apreciate the help if you can find it 😄

[Norbert_B]

Hm, besides that the question itself sounds a bit like: "how do i implement a brute force algorithm using LabVIEW?", i have to ask:

Is the length of the string always equal to the number of possible characters?

Norbert

[MikeS81]

Hi Norbert,

i think it don't have to. 🙂

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@Norbert B wrote:

... "how do i implement a brute force algorithm using LabVIEW?", i have to ask:

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Norbert

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Do you think if this is the question, then we shouldn't help and he should write the code himself?? 😉

Mike

[John Pierson]

it is an attempt to break an encryption a friend has sent me. I suspect it is 6 characters long from a hint, i have tried 1 character to 5 by hand to no success, and i thought a program for six, seven etc... would be logical. i was then going to scan for a key word from the resultant decryption - but that bit i've already figured out how to do.

Six character will be fine for now, seven i hope can be made by expanding the program at a later date if needed.

[John Pierson]

😞

its only a bit of fun, but the output will be handy for my research rather oddly!

[MikeS81]

Hi John,

why to change it later. The "challenge winner" should be able to handle whatever is needed!

Mike

[John Pierson]

i think it can be done by perhaps logical sequences, 

IF A is used then character B is true for second character, if not A