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 ChaoDecipher

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Decipher a Chaocipher-enciphered string

Contributed by: Sander Huisman

ResourceFunction["ChaoDecipher"][string,{αp,αp}]

deciphers string using the plain text alphabet αp and the cipher alphabet αc.

Details and Options

The alphabets αp and αc should be a permutation of the letters "A"–"Z".
Any other letter than "a"–"z" and "A"–"Z" in string is ignored.
The output is in capital letters.
ResourceFunction["ChaoDecipher"] works by decoding each character in string (example: "AVSWQBHMEJT") using the following steps:
The character "A" is looked up in the cipher alphabet (bottom). One finds the corresponding letter "M" in the plain alphabet (top), so "A" is decoded to "M":
Both alphabets are shifted to the left such as to bring the red letters to the front:
The plain alphabet (top) is shifted one more to the left:
Move the 3rd letter of the plain alphabet (top) and the 2nd letter of the cipher alphabet (bottom) to the 14th position:
Continue with the next letter using the new alphabets:

Examples

Basic Examples (2) 

Decipher a piece of text using unshuffled plain and cipher alphabets:

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ResourceFunction[ "ChaoDecipher"]["HDJHISUHBK", {CharacterRange["a", "z"], CharacterRange["a", "z"]}]
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Decode a string that returns a "constant" string:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction[ "ChaoDecipher"]["AZYXWVUTSRQPOBAZYXWVUT", {CharacterRange["a", "z"], CharacterRange["a", "z"]}]
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Scope (1) 

Use random plain and cipher alphabets:

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pa = {"L", "Z", "G", "U", "Q", "A", "X", "B", "J", "R", "T", "F", "D", "K", "E", "N", "Y", "P", "S", "O", "C", "M", "W", "I", "H", "V"}; ca = {"G", "W", "Z", "J", "P", "Q", "V", "R", "D", "C", "H", "X", "S", "U", "T", "K", "M", "E", "O", "F", "Y", "A", "I", "L", "N", "B"}; encoded = ResourceFunction["ChaoDecipher"]["APIRHQBJMSXTZDCGWWEC", {pa, ca}]
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Properties and Relations (2) 

The resource function ChaoCipher can be used to encipher a string. First encode a piece of string:

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pa = "PTLNBQDEOYSFAVZKGJRIHWXUMC" // Characters; ca = "HXUCZVAMDSLKPEFJRIGTWOBNYQ" // Characters; encoded = ResourceFunction["ChaoCipher"][ "WELLDONEISBETTERTHANWELLSAID", {pa, ca}]
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Now we can decipher it with ChaoDecipher:

In[9]:=
ResourceFunction["ChaoDecipher"][encoded, {pa, ca}]
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Publisher

SHuisman

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 01 August 2019

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