Python/ciphers/caesar_cipher.py

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# The Caesar Cipher Algorithm
def main():
message = input("Enter message: ")
key = int(input("Key [1-26]: "))
mode = input("Encrypt or Decrypt [e/d]: ")
if mode.lower().startswith('e'):
mode = "encrypt"
elif mode.lower().startswith('d'):
mode = "decrypt"
translated = encdec(message, key, mode)
if mode == "encrypt":
print("Encryption:", translated)
elif mode == "decrypt":
print("Decryption:", translated)
def encdec(message, key, mode):
message = message.upper()
translated = ""
LETTERS = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
for symbol in message:
if symbol in LETTERS:
num = LETTERS.find(symbol)
if mode == "encrypt":
num = num + key
elif mode == "decrypt":
num = num - key
if num >= len(LETTERS):
num -= len(LETTERS)
elif num < 0:
num += len(LETTERS)
translated += LETTERS[num]
else:
translated += symbol
return translated
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod()
main()