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Password Strength – jQuery code snippet

<form name="password_strength" method="POST" id="pass_form">
    <label>Enter a password</label>
    <input type="password" name="pass" id="pass" />
    <span id="passstrength"></span>
</form>

$('#pass').keyup(function(e) {
     var strongRegex = new RegExp("^(?=.{8,})(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*\\W).*$", "g");
     var mediumRegex = new RegExp("^(?=.{7,})(((?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z]))|((?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[0-9]))|((?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[0-9]))).*$", "g");
     var enoughRegex = new RegExp("(?=.{6,}).*", "g");
     if (false == enoughRegex.test($(this).val())) {
             $('#passstrength').html('More Characters');
     } else if (strongRegex.test($(this).val())) {
             $('#passstrength').className = 'ok';
             $('#passstrength').html('Strong!');
     } else if (mediumRegex.test($(this).val())) {
             $('#passstrength').className = 'alert';
             $('#passstrength').html('Medium!');
     } else {
             $('#passstrength').className = 'error';
             $('#passstrength').html('Weak!');
     }
     return true;
});

jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/aleem/KE3RB/8/