diff --git a/passwords b/passwords
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b28064b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/passwords
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+hello
+hello123
+hellothere12345
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diff --git a/src/PasswordApp.java b/src/PasswordApp.java
index 86fb0b1..54879bb 100644
--- a/src/PasswordApp.java
+++ b/src/PasswordApp.java
@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
 public class PasswordApp {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
         System.out.println("Welcome to the password checker!");
+        System.out.println("Please enter the desired password");
+
+        while (scan.hasNextLine()){
+            String password = scan.nextLine();
+            System.out.println("The password is: " + password);
+
+            if(password.length() >= 12){
+                System.out.println("Your password is a good length!");
+            } else {
+                System.out.println("Your password is too short!!!");
+            }
+
+            //make char array from user input
+            char[] characters = password.toCharArray();
+
+            boolean hasSpecialChar = false;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < characters.length; i++){
+                char character = characters[i];
+                if(Character.isAlphabetic(character) == false){
+                    hasSpecialChar = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            System.out.println("Password has a special character: " + hasSpecialChar);
     }
+
+}
 }
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