+def affine_encipher_letter(letter, multiplier=1, adder=0, one_based=True):
+ """Encipher a letter, given a multiplier and adder
+
+ >>> ''.join([affine_encipher_letter(l, 3, 5, True) for l in string.ascii_uppercase])
+ 'HKNQTWZCFILORUXADGJMPSVYBE'
+ >>> ''.join([affine_encipher_letter(l, 3, 5, False) for l in string.ascii_uppercase])
+ 'FILORUXADGJMPSVYBEHKNQTWZC'
+ """
+ if letter in string.ascii_letters:
+ if letter in string.ascii_uppercase:
+ alphabet_start = ord('A')
+ else:
+ alphabet_start = ord('a')
+ letter_number = ord(letter) - alphabet_start
+ if one_based: letter_number += 1
+ raw_cipher_number = (letter_number * multiplier + adder)
+ cipher_number = 0
+ if one_based:
+ cipher_number = (raw_cipher_number - 1) % 26
+ else:
+ cipher_number = raw_cipher_number % 26
+ return chr(cipher_number + alphabet_start)
+ else:
+ return letter
+
+def affine_decipher_letter(letter, multiplier=1, adder=0, one_based=True):
+ """Encipher a letter, given a multiplier and adder
+
+ >>> ''.join([affine_decipher_letter(l, 3, 5, True) for l in 'HKNQTWZCFILORUXADGJMPSVYBE'])
+ 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
+ >>> ''.join([affine_decipher_letter(l, 3, 5, False) for l in 'FILORUXADGJMPSVYBEHKNQTWZC'])
+ 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
+ """
+ if letter in string.ascii_letters:
+ if letter in string.ascii_uppercase:
+ alphabet_start = ord('A')
+ else:
+ alphabet_start = ord('a')
+ cipher_number = ord(letter) - alphabet_start
+ if one_based: cipher_number += 1
+ plaintext_number = 0
+ if one_based:
+ plaintext_number = (modular_division_table_one_based[multiplier][(cipher_number - adder + 26) % 26] - 1) % 26
+ else:
+ #plaintext_number = (modular_division_table[multiplier][cipher_number] - adder) % 26
+ plaintext_number = modular_division_table[multiplier][(cipher_number - adder + 26) % 26]
+ return chr(plaintext_number + alphabet_start)
+ else:
+ return letter
+
+def affine_encipher(message, multiplier=1, adder=0, one_based=True):
+ """Encipher a message
+
+ >>> affine_encipher('hours passed during which jerico tried every trick he could think of', 15, 22, True)
+ 'lmyfu bkuusd dyfaxw claol psfaom jfasd snsfg jfaoe ls omytd jlaxe mh'
+ """
+
+ enciphered = [affine_encipher_letter(l, multiplier, adder, one_based) for l in message]
+ return ''.join(enciphered)
+
+def affine_decipher(message, multiplier=1, adder=0, one_based=True):
+ """Decipher a message
+
+ >>> affine_decipher('lmyfu bkuusd dyfaxw claol psfaom jfasd snsfg jfaoe ls omytd jlaxe mh', 15, 22, True)
+ 'hours passed during which jerico tried every trick he could think of'
+ """
+ enciphered = [affine_decipher_letter(l, multiplier, adder, one_based) for l in message]
+ return ''.join(enciphered)
+
+