Python/ciphers/mixed_keyword_cypher.py
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from string import ascii_uppercase
def mixed_keyword(
keyword: str, plaintext: str, verbose: bool = False, alphabet: str = ascii_uppercase
) -> str:
"""
For keyword: hello
H E L O
A B C D
F G I J
K M N P
Q R S T
U V W X
Y Z
and map vertically
>>> mixed_keyword("college", "UNIVERSITY", True) # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
{'A': 'C', 'B': 'A', 'C': 'I', 'D': 'P', 'E': 'U', 'F': 'Z', 'G': 'O', 'H': 'B',
'I': 'J', 'J': 'Q', 'K': 'V', 'L': 'L', 'M': 'D', 'N': 'K', 'O': 'R', 'P': 'W',
'Q': 'E', 'R': 'F', 'S': 'M', 'T': 'S', 'U': 'X', 'V': 'G', 'W': 'H', 'X': 'N',
'Y': 'T', 'Z': 'Y'}
'XKJGUFMJST'
>>> mixed_keyword("college", "UNIVERSITY", False) # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
'XKJGUFMJST'
"""
keyword = keyword.upper()
plaintext = plaintext.upper()
alphabet_set = set(alphabet)
# create a list of unique characters in the keyword - their order matters
# it determines how we will map plaintext characters to the ciphertext
unique_chars = []
for char in keyword:
if char in alphabet_set and char not in unique_chars:
unique_chars.append(char)
# the number of those unique characters will determine the number of rows
num_unique_chars_in_keyword = len(unique_chars)
# create a shifted version of the alphabet
shifted_alphabet = unique_chars + [
char for char in alphabet if char not in unique_chars
]
# create a modified alphabet by splitting the shifted alphabet into rows
modified_alphabet = [
shifted_alphabet[k : k + num_unique_chars_in_keyword]
for k in range(0, 26, num_unique_chars_in_keyword)
]
# map the alphabet characters to the modified alphabet characters
# going 'vertically' through the modified alphabet - consider columns first
mapping = {}
letter_index = 0
for column in range(num_unique_chars_in_keyword):
for row in modified_alphabet:
# if current row (the last one) is too short, break out of loop
if len(row) <= column:
break
# map current letter to letter in modified alphabet
mapping[alphabet[letter_index]] = row[column]
letter_index += 1
if verbose:
print(mapping)
# create the encrypted text by mapping the plaintext to the modified alphabet
return "".join(mapping.get(char, char) for char in plaintext)
if __name__ == "__main__":
# example use
print(mixed_keyword("college", "UNIVERSITY"))