Fix bug in auto-decrypt.
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@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ def decrypt():
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for c in ciphertext: # For every letter in the ciphertext
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while letterPos < 26: # While the letter's position in the alphabet is less than 26 (and thus valid), continue.
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if not commonletter == 0:
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if commonletter == letters[letterPos]: # If the most frequent letter matches the current letter, set the shift to that letter because that is the shift for the cipher. Forgot the double equals for comparison.
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shiftNum = letterPos - 4
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if ciphertext[letterCount] == letters[letterPos]: # Match the letter in the ciphertext to a letter in the alphabet and once they match, continue.
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letter = int(letterPos) - int(shiftNum) # Take the position of the letter and the shift number and add them for the enciphered letter.
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@ -98,8 +94,25 @@ def freq():
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# Grab global variables.
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global ciphertext
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global commonletter
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global letterPos
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global shiftNum
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print(shiftNum)
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commonletter = collections.Counter(ciphertext).most_common()[0][0] # Find most common letter and thus the shift https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47251934/how-to-count-the-most-frequent-letter-in-a-string
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for c in ciphertext:
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while letterPos < 26:
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if not commonletter == 0:
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if commonletter == letters[letterPos]: # If the most frequent letter matches the current letter, set the shift to that letter because that is the shift for the cipher. Forgot the double equals for comparison.
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shiftNum = letterPos - 4
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if letterPos > 25: # If the letter position is greater than 25, cycle back through the alphabet.
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letterPos = letterPos - 26
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letterPos = letterPos + 1 # Iterate through letter positions in the alphabet. (neccessary to find one that matches.)
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decrypt() # Decrypt using the frequency found in here.
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