Basic Examples (1) 

Try to decipher a string:

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Scope (1) 

Give the top five deciphers of a short Caesar-enciphered message:

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Options (7) 

Method (3) 

Encode a message:

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Try to decipher the message using a dictionary attack:

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Try to decipher the message using a letter frequency attack:

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Language (1) 

Use another language:

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WordValueFunction (2) 

The default "WordValueFunction" is the length of the string:

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Value each matched string with a different metric. In this case just counting them:

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DictionaryWords (1) 

Give a custom dictionary in form of a list of strings. If certain words are expected in a piece of text, this can speed up the cracking significantly:

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Applications (1) 

Decipher a long text:

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Properties and Relations (1) 

The function CrackCaesarCipher can, like the resource function CaesarDecipher, undo a encipherment done by the resource function CaesarCipher:

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Possible Issues (3) 

The setting for Language can change the outcome:

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The deciphered message with the highest score might not be the right one. In this case, the second highest is the right deciphered message:

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Long strings take a long time to decipher using the Method "Dictionary”:

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A frequency analysis is much faster:

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