python-hard-way/caeser-cipher.py

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import re # Import Regex tools
import string # Import string tools
import collections
ciphertext = input("Please type in your cipher text:") # Set variable cipertext to the input from user.
shiftNum = input("Please enter the shift used (Just hit enter if you don't know):") # Get input
action = input("Please enter encrypt or decrypt):") # Get input
ciphertext = re.sub (r'([^a-zA-Z ]+?)', '', ciphertext) # Remove all non-letters.
ciphertext = ciphertext.lower() # Make it all lowercase. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/isupper-islower-lower-upper-python-applications/
letters = list(string.ascii_lowercase) # Use a list of lowercase letters. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43918437/how-to-iterate-through-the-alphabet
letterCount = 0 # Set variable for keeping track of which letter in the ciphertext we're on.
letterPos = 0 # Set variable for keeping track of the letter's position in the alphabet.
answer = "" # The solution.
commonletter = 0
def encrypt():
# Grab global variables.
global ciphertext
global shiftNum
global letters
global letterCount
global letterPos
global answer
for c in ciphertext: # For every letter in the ciphertext
while letterPos < 26: # While the letter's position in the alphabet is less than 26 (and thus valid), continue.
if ciphertext[letterCount] == letters[letterPos]: # Match the letter in the ciphertext to a letter in the alphabet and once they match, continue.
letter = int(letterPos) + int(shiftNum) # Take the position of the letter and the shift number and add them for the enciphered letter.
if letter > 25: # If the enciphered letter's position is not valid because it is too high, fix it by rotating around the alphabet.
letter = letter - 26
if letter < 0:
letter = letter + 26 # If the enciphered letter's position is not valid because it is too low, fix it by rotating around the alphabet.
answer = answer + letters[letter] # Add letters together to get the enciphered text.
letterPos = letterPos + 1 # Iterate through letter positions in the alphabet. (neccessary to find one that matches.)
if letterPos > 25: # If the letter position is greater than 25, cycle back through the alphabet.
letterPos = letterPos - 26
letterCount = letterCount + 1 # Keep track of how many times we're doing this.
print("\nYour enciphered text is: " + answer)
def decrypt():
# Grab global variables.
global ciphertext
global shiftNum
global letters
global letterCount
global letterPos
global answer
global commonletter
for c in ciphertext: # For every letter in the ciphertext
while letterPos < 26: # While the letter's position in the alphabet is less than 26 (and thus valid), continue.
if not commonletter == 0:
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.
shiftNum = letterPos - 4
if ciphertext[letterCount] == letters[letterPos]: # Match the letter in the ciphertext to a letter in the alphabet and once they match, continue.
letter = int(letterPos) - int(shiftNum) # Take the position of the letter and the shift number and add them for the enciphered letter.
if letter > 25: # If the enciphered letter's position is not valid because it is too high, fix it by rotating around the alphabet.
letter = letter - 26
if letter < 0:
letter = letter + 26 # If the enciphered letter's position is not valid because it is too low, fix it by rotating around the alphabet.
answer = answer + letters[letter] # Add letters together to get the enciphered text.
letterPos = letterPos + 1 # Iterate through letter positions in the alphabet. (neccessary to find one that matches.)
if letterPos > 25: # If the letter position is greater than 25, cycle back through the alphabet.
letterPos = letterPos - 26
letterCount = letterCount + 1 # Keep track of how many times we're doing this.
print("\nYour decrypted text is: " + answer)
def freq():
# Grab global variables.
global ciphertext
global commonletter
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
decrypt() # Decrypt using the frequency found in here.
if action == "encrypt":
encrypt()
if action == "decrypt":
if shiftNum == "":
freq()
else:
decrypt()