SH> OTOH - when I run the thing through step-by-step with the
 SH> debugger, every single one of the 10 lines contains a
 SH> *COMPLETELY* different password! WHY?
your RANDOMIZE statement is in the wrong place... the reason it works in the 
debugger is because you are slow enough for it to actually generate a 
different number each time whereas outside the ide, it's probably so fast 
that it gets the same number each time...
)\/(ark
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