password Prog

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 01-04-93 (21:24)             Number: 375
From: BILL SMITH                   Refer#: NONE
  To: DON WOOD                      Recvd: NO  
Subj: password Prog                  Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
DW>    Enter correct password ______
DW> As I enter the password just the under scores would show up.

Try:

PASSWORD$=""
FOR T% = 1 TO 6
        A$=""
        DO WHILE A$=""
                A$=INKEY$
        LOOP
        PASSWORD$=PASSWORD$+A$
        PRINT "_";
NEXT

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