Python/ciphers/trafid_cipher.py

#https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifid_cipher

def __encryptPart(messagePart, character2Number):
    one, two, three = "", "", ""
    tmp = []
    
    for character in messagePart:
        tmp.append(character2Number[character])

    for each in tmp:
        one += each[0]
        two += each[1]
        three += each[2]
    
    return one+two+three

def __decryptPart(messagePart, character2Number):
    tmp, thisPart = "", ""
    result = []

    for character in messagePart:
        thisPart += character2Number[character]

    for digit in thisPart:
        tmp += digit
        if len(tmp) == len(messagePart):
            result.append(tmp)
            tmp = ""  

    return result[0], result[1], result[2]

def __prepare(message, alphabet):
    #Validate message and alphabet, set to upper and remove spaces
    alphabet = alphabet.replace(" ", "").upper()
    message = message.replace(" ", "").upper()

    #Check length and characters
    if len(alphabet) != 27:
        raise KeyError("Length of alphabet has to be 27.")
    for each in message:
        if each not in alphabet:
            raise ValueError("Each message character has to be included in alphabet!")

    #Generate dictionares
    numbers = ("111","112","113","121","122","123","131","132","133","211","212","213","221","222","223","231","232","233","311","312","313","321","322","323","331","332","333")
    character2Number = {}
    number2Character = {}
    for letter, number in zip(alphabet, numbers):
        character2Number[letter] = number
        number2Character[number] = letter
    
    return message, alphabet, character2Number, number2Character

def encryptMessage(message, alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.", period=5):
    message, alphabet, character2Number, number2Character = __prepare(message, alphabet)
    encrypted, encrypted_numeric = "", ""

    for i in range(0, len(message)+1, period):
        encrypted_numeric += __encryptPart(message[i:i+period], character2Number)
    
    for i in range(0, len(encrypted_numeric), 3):
        encrypted += number2Character[encrypted_numeric[i:i+3]]

    return encrypted

def decryptMessage(message, alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.", period=5):
    message, alphabet, character2Number, number2Character = __prepare(message, alphabet)
    decrypted_numeric = []
    decrypted = ""

    for i in range(0, len(message)+1, period):
        a,b,c = __decryptPart(message[i:i+period], character2Number)
    
        for j in range(0, len(a)):
            decrypted_numeric.append(a[j]+b[j]+c[j])

    for each in decrypted_numeric:
        decrypted += number2Character[each]

    return decrypted

if __name__ == '__main__':
    msg = "DEFEND THE EAST WALL OF THE CASTLE."
    encrypted = encryptMessage(msg,"EPSDUCVWYM.ZLKXNBTFGORIJHAQ")
    decrypted = decryptMessage(encrypted, "EPSDUCVWYM.ZLKXNBTFGORIJHAQ")
    print ("Encrypted: {}\nDecrypted: {}".format(encrypted, decrypted))