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diff --git a/cipher.py b/cipher.py
index 8034043..273da46 100644
--- a/cipher.py
+++ b/cipher.py
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ import string
 import collections
 import norms
 import logging
+from itertools import zip_longest
+from segment import segment
+
+# To time a run:
+#
+# import timeit
+# c5a = open('2012/5a.ciphertext', 'r').read()
+# timeit.timeit('keyword_break(c5a)', setup='gc.enable() ; from __main__ import c5a ; from cipher import keyword_break', number=1)
+
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logger.addHandler(logging.FileHandler('cipher.log'))
@@ -53,6 +62,33 @@ def ngrams(text, n):
     """
     return [tuple(text[i:i+n]) for i in range(len(text)-n+1)]
 
+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, 1)                                                                                                              
+    ['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']
+    """
+    split_text = [text[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(text), n)]
+    return [''.join(l) for l in zip_longest(*split_text, fillvalue='')]
+
+def combine_every_nth(split_text):
+    """Reforms a text split into every_nth strings
+    
+    >>> combine_every_nth(every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 5))
+    'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+    >>> combine_every_nth(every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 1))
+    'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+    >>> combine_every_nth(every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 26))
+    'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+    """
+    return ''.join([''.join(l) for l in zip_longest(*split_text, fillvalue='')])
+
+
 def letter_frequencies(text):
     """Count the number of occurrences of each character in text
     
@@ -158,7 +194,6 @@ def affine_encipher_letter(letter, multiplier=1, adder=0, one_based=True):
         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:
@@ -181,13 +216,9 @@ 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
+            plaintext_number = (modular_division_table_one_based[multiplier][(cipher_number + 1 - 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: