var input = document.getElementById("password"); var result = document.querySelector("span"); // result.onload = function() {setResult()}; // function setResult() { // result = document.querySelector("span"); // } function checkStrength() { var password = document.getElementById("password").value; var strength = 0; if (password.length < 6) { result.removeAttribute("class"); result.classList.add('short'); result.innerHTML = "Too short"; } if (password.length > 7) { strength += 1;} // If password contains both lower and uppercase characters, increase strength value. if (password.match(/([a-z].*[A-Z])|([A-Z].*[a-z])/)) { strength += 1;} // If it has numbers and characters, increase strength value. if (password.match(/([a-zA-Z])/) && password.match(/([0-9])/)) { strength += 1;} // If it has one special character, increase strength value. if (password.match(/([!,%,&,@,#,$,^,*,?,_,~])/)) { strength += 1;} // If it has two special characters, increase strength value. if (password.match(/(.*[!,%,&,@,#,$,^,*,?,_,~].*[!,%,&,@,#,$,^,*,?,_,~])/)) { strength += 1;} // Calculated strength value, we can return messages // If value is less than 2 if (strength < 2) { result.removeAttribute("class"); result.classList.add('weak'); result.innerHTML = 'Weak'; } else if (strength == 2) { result.removeAttribute("class"); result.classList.add('good'); result.innerHTML = 'Good'; } else { result.removeAttribute("class"); result.classList.add('strong'); result.innerHTML = 'Strong'; } }