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ClassicalCiphers.jl/src/caesar.jl
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"""
```julia
encrypt_caesar(plaintext, key::Integer)
encrypt_caesar(plaintext)
```
Encrypts the given plaintext according to the Caesar cipher.
The key is given as an integer, being the offset of each character;
so `encrypt_caesar("abc", 1) == "BCD"`.
Converts the input to uppercase, but retains symbols.
Traditionally, the Caesar cipher was used with a shift of 3, so this is the method it will
fall back to if only given plaintext.
---
### Examples
```julia
julia> encrypt_caesar("Hello, World!", 3)
"KHOOR, ZRUOG!"
```
"""
function encrypt_caesar(plaintext, key::Integer)
# plaintext: string; key: integer offset, so k=1 sends "a" to "b"
key = ((key - 1) % 26) + 1
keystr = join(vcat(collect(Char(97 + key):'z'), collect('a':Char(97 + key - 1))))
return encrypt_monoalphabetic(plaintext, keystr)
end
encrypt_caesar(plaintext) = encrypt_caesar(plaintext, 3)
"""
```julia
decrypt_caesar(ciphertext, key::Integer)
decrypt_caesar(ciphertext)
```
Decrypts the given ciphertext according to the Caesar cipher.
The key is given as an integer, being the offset of each character;
so `decrypt_caesar("abcd", 1) == "zabc"`.
Converts the input to lowercase, but retains symbols.
Traditionally, the Caesar cipher was used with a shift of 3, so this is the method it will
fall back to if only given plaintext.
---
### Examples
```julia
julia> decrypt_caesar("Khoor, Zruog!", 3)
"hello, world!"
```
"""
function decrypt_caesar(ciphertext, key::Integer)
# ciphertext: string; key: integer offset, so k=1 decrypts "B" as "a"
key = ((key - 1) % 26) + 1
return lowercase(encrypt_caesar(ciphertext, 26 - key))
end
decrypt_caesar(plaintext) = decrypt_caesar(plaintext, 3)
"""
```julia
crack_caesar(ciphertext; cleverness::Integer = 1)
```
Cracks the given ciphertext according to the Caesar cipher.
Returns `(plaintext, key::Integer)`, such that `encrypt_caesar(plaintext, key)`
would return ciphertext.
With `cleverness=0`, simply does the shift that maximises e's frequency.
With `cleverness=1`, maximises the string's total fitness.
Converts the input to lowercase.
---
### Examples
```julia
julia> crack_caesar("Khoor, Zruog!")
("hello, world!", 3)
```
"""
function crack_caesar(ciphertext; cleverness::Integer = 1)
texts = Tuple{String, Int}[(decrypt_caesar(ciphertext,key), key) for key in 0:25]
if cleverness == 1
texts = sort(texts, by = (x -> string_fitness(first(x))))
else
texts = sort(texts, by = (x -> length(collect(filter(i -> (i == 'e'), first(x))))))
end
return last(texts)
end