Simplified affine ciphers

[cipher-tools.git] / cipher.py

diff --git a/cipher.py b/cipher.py
index 6b49d46974171e26edd615cdbb8e8a7985bf6720..2ce1c929c7f06f5f081ec70802be5832b01ca03b 100644 (file)
--- a/cipher.py
+++ b/cipher.py
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ for a in range(26):
         c = (a * b) % 26
         modular_division_table[b][c] = a
 
-modular_division_table_one_based = [[0]*27 for x in range(27)]
-for a in range(27):
-    for b in range(27):
-        c = ((a * b)-1) % 26 + 1
-        modular_division_table_one_based[b][c] = a
-
-
 
 def sanitise(text):
     """Remove all non-alphabetic characters and convert the text to lowercase
@@ -66,10 +59,10 @@ def every_nth(text, n):
     """Returns n strings, each of which consists of every nth character, 
     starting with the 0th, 1st, 2nd, ... (n-1)th character
     
-    >>> every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 5)                                                                                                               
-    ['afkpuz', 'bglqv', 'chmrw', 'dinsx', 'ejoty']                                                                                                         
+    >>> every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 5)
+    ['afkpuz', 'bglqv', 'chmrw', 'dinsx', 'ejoty']
     >>> every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 1)                                                                                                              
-    ['abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz']                                                                                                                         
+    ['abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz']
     >>> every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 26)
     ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']
     """
@@ -191,15 +184,10 @@ def affine_encipher_letter(letter, multiplier=1, adder=0, one_based=True):
         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)
+        if one_based: letter_number += 1
+        cipher_number = (letter_number * multiplier + adder) % 26
+        if one_based: cipher_number -= 1
+        return chr(cipher_number % 26 + alphabet_start)
     else:
         return letter
 
@@ -217,15 +205,10 @@ def affine_decipher_letter(letter, multiplier=1, adder=0, one_based=True):
         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)
+        if one_based: cipher_number += 1
+        plaintext_number = modular_division_table[multiplier][(cipher_number - adder) % 26]
+        if one_based: plaintext_number -= 1
+        return chr(plaintext_number % 26 + alphabet_start) 
     else:
         return letter