if ( typeof(password) != "string" )

	{

		return -10;

	}

	var len = password.length;

	var score = len - 7;

	return score;

	if ( typeof(password) != "string" )

	{

		return -10;

	}

	var score = 0;

	var debug = [];

	// length check

	var lenscore = password_score_len(password);

	debug.push(''+lenscore+' points for length');

	score += lenscore;

	var has_upper_lower = false;

	var has_symbols     = false;

	var has_numbers     = false;

	// contains uppercase and lowercase

	if ( password.match(/[A-z]+/) && password.toLowerCase() != password )

	{

		score += 1;

		has_upper_lower = true;

		debug.push('1 point for having uppercase and lowercase');

	}

	// contains symbols

	if ( password.match(/[^A-z0-9]+/) )

	{

		score += 1;

		has_symbols = true;

		debug.push('1 point for having nonalphanumeric characters (matching /[^A-z0-9]+/)');

	}

	// contains numbers

	if ( password.match(/[0-9]+/) )

	{

		score += 1;

		has_numbers = true;

		debug.push('1 point for having numbers');

	}

	if ( has_upper_lower && has_symbols && has_numbers && password.length >= 9 )

	{

		// if it has uppercase and lowercase letters, symbols, and numbers, and is of considerable length, add some serious points

		score += 4;

		debug.push('4 points for having uppercase and lowercase, numbers, and nonalphanumeric and being more than 8 characters');

	}

	else if ( has_upper_lower && has_symbols && has_numbers && password.length >= 6 )

	{

		// still give some points for passing complexity check

		score += 2;

		debug.push('2 points for having uppercase and lowercase, numbers, and nonalphanumeric');

	}

	else if(( ( has_upper_lower && has_symbols ) ||

						( has_upper_lower && has_numbers ) ||

						( has_symbols && has_numbers ) ) && password.length >= 6 )

	{

		// if 2 of the three main complexity checks passed, add a point

		score += 1;

		debug.push('1 point for having 2 of 3 complexity checks');

	}

	else if ( ( !has_upper_lower && !has_numbers && has_symbols ) ||

						( !has_upper_lower && !has_symbols && has_numbers ) ||

						( !has_numbers && !has_symbols && has_upper_lower ) )

	{

		score += -2;

		debug.push('-2 points for only meeting 1 complexity check');

	}

	else if ( password.match(/^[0-9]*?([a-z]+)[0-9]?$/) )

	{

		// password is something like magnum1 which will be cracked in seconds

		score += -4;

		debug.push('-4 points for being of the form [number][word][number], which is easily cracked');

	}

	else if ( !has_upper_lower && !has_numbers && !has_symbols )

	{

		// this is if somehow the user inputs a password that doesn't match the rule above, but still doesn't contain upper and lowercase, numbers, or symbols

		debug.push('-3 points for not meeting any complexity checks');

		score += -3;

	}

	//

	// Repetition

	// Example: foobar12345 should be deducted points, where f1o2o3b4a5r should be given points

	// None of the positive ones kick in unless the length is at least 8

	//

	if ( password.match(/([A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]|[a-z][a-z][a-z][a-z])/) )

	{

		debug.push('-2 points for having more than 4 letters of the same case in a row');

		score += -2;

	}

	else if ( password.match(/([A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]|[a-z][a-z][a-z])/) )

	{

		debug.push('-1 points for having more than 3 letters of the same case in a row');

		score += -1;

	}

	else if ( password.match(/[A-z]/) && !password.match(/([A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]|[a-z][a-z][a-z])/) && password.length >= 8 )

	{

		debug.push('1 point for never having more than 2 letters of the same case in a row');

		score += 1;

	}

	if ( password.match(/[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]/) )

	{

		debug.push('-2 points for having 4 or more numbers in a row');

		score += -2;

	}

	else if ( password.match(/[0-9][0-9][0-9]/) )

	{

		debug.push('-1 points for having 3 or more numbers in a row');

		score += -1;

	}

	else if ( has_numbers && !password.match(/[0-9][0-9][0-9]/) && password.length >= 8 )

	{

		debug.push('1 point for never more than 2 numbers in a row');

		score += -1;

	}

	// make passwords like fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo totally die by subtracting a point for each character repeated at least 3 times in a row

	var prev_char = '';

	var warn = false;

	var loss = 0;

	for ( var i = 0; i < password.length; i++ )

	{

		var chr = password.substr(i, 1);

		if ( chr == prev_char && warn )

		{

			loss += -1;

		}

		else if ( chr == prev_char && !warn )

		{

			warn = true;

		}

		else if ( chr != prev_char && warn )

		{

			warn = false;

		}

		prev_char = chr;

	}

	if ( loss < 0 )

	{

		debug.push(''+loss+' points for immediate character repetition');

		score += loss;

		// this can bring the score below -10 sometimes

		if ( score < -10 )

		{

			debug.push('Score set to -10 because it went below that floor');

			score = -10;

		}

	}

	var debug_txt = "<b>How this score was calculated</b>\nYour score was tallied up based on an extensive algorithm which outputted\nthe following scores based on traits of your password. Above you can see the\ncomposite score; your individual scores based on certain tests are below.\n\nThe scale is open-ended, with a minimum score of -10. 10 is very strong, 4\nis strong, 1 is good and -3 is fair. Below -3 scores \"Weak.\"\n\n";

	for ( var i = 0; i < debug.length; i++ )

	{

		debug_txt += debug[i] + "\n";

	}

	// For users that really want to know why their password sucks.

	// Not localized because the feature is really only used for debugging the algorithm.

	if ( document.getElementById('passdebug') )

		document.getElementById('passdebug').innerHTML = debug_txt;

	return score;

	if ( !$lang )

	{

		// $lang isn't initted yet, this happens sometimes on the usercp/emailpassword form.

		// Try to init it if we have ENANO_LANG_ID and enano_lang; if not, report an error.

		load_component('l10n');

		if ( typeof(enano_lang) == 'object' && typeof(ENANO_LANG_ID) == 'number' )

		{

			language_onload();

		}

		else

		{      

			return {

				'color' : '#000000',

				'fgcolor' : '#666666',

				'str' : 'Language init failed'

			};

		}

	}

	// some colors are from the Gmail sign-up form

	if ( score >= 10 )

	{

		var color = '#010101';

		var fgcolor = '#666666';

		var str = $lang.get('usercp_pwstrength_score_verystrong', { score: score });

	}

	else if ( score > 3 )

	{

		var color = '#008000';

		var fgcolor = '#004000';

		var str = $lang.get('usercp_pwstrength_score_strong', { score: score });

	}

	else if ( score >= 1 )

	{

		var color = '#6699cc';

		var fgcolor = '#4477aa';

		var str = $lang.get('usercp_pwstrength_score_good', { score: score });

	}

	else if ( score >= -3 )

	{

		var color = '#f5ac00';

		var fgcolor = '#ffcc33';

		var str = $lang.get('usercp_pwstrength_score_fair', { score: score });

	}

	else

	{

		var color = '#aa0033';

		var fgcolor = '#FF6060';

		var str = $lang.get('usercp_pwstrength_score_weak', { score: score });

	}

	var ret = {

		color: color,

		fgcolor: fgcolor,

		str: str

	};

	return ret;

	var indicator = false;

	if ( field.nextSibling )

	{

		if ( field.nextSibling.className == 'password-checker' )

		{

			indicator = field.nextSibling;

		}

	}

	if ( !indicator )

	{

		var indicator = document.createElement('span');

		indicator.className = 'password-checker';

		if ( field.nextSibling )

		{

			field.parentNode.insertBefore(indicator, field.nextSibling);

		}

		else

		{

			field.parentNode.appendChild(indicator);

		}

	}

	var score = password_score(field.value);

	var data = password_score_draw(score);

	indicator.style.color = data.color;

	indicator.style.fontWeight = 'bold';

	indicator.innerHTML = ' ' + data.str;

	if ( document.getElementById('pwmeter') )

	{

		var div = document.getElementById('pwmeter');

		div.style.width = '250px';

		score += 10;

		if ( score > 25 )

			score = 25;

		div.style.backgroundColor = data.color;

		var width = Math.round( score * (250 / 25) );

		div.innerHTML = '<div style="width: '+width+'px; background-color: '+data.fgcolor+'; height: 8px;"></div>';

	}