/** * @file caesar_cipher.cpp * @brief Implementation of [Caesar cipher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher) algorithm. * * @details * In cryptography, a Caesar cipher, also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, * Caesar's code or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption * techniques. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext * is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, * with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on. * The method is named after Julius Caesar, who used it in his private correspondence. * * ### Algorithm * The encryption can also be represented using modular arithmetic by first transforming * the letters into numbers, according to the scheme, A → 0, B → 1, ..., Z → 25. * Encryption of a letter x by a shift n can be described mathematically as, * \f[ E(x) = (x + n)\;\mbox{mod}\; 26\f] * while decryption can be described as, * \f[ D(x) = (x - n) \;\mbox{mod}\; 26\f] * * \note This program implements caesar cipher for only uppercase English alphabet characters (i.e. A-Z). * * @author [Deep Raval](https://github.com/imdeep2905) */ #include #include #include /** \namespace ciphers * \brief Algorithms for encryption and decryption */ namespace ciphers { /** \namespace caesar * \brief Functions for [Caesar cipher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher) algorithm. */ namespace caesar { namespace { /** * This function finds character for given value (i.e.A-Z) * @param x value for which we want character * @returns corresponding character for perticular value */ inline char get_char(const int x) { // By adding 65 we are scaling 0-25 to 65-90. // Which are in fact ASCII values of A-Z. return char(x + 65); } /** * This function finds value for given character (i.e.0-25) * @param c character for which we want value * @returns returns corresponding value for perticular character */ inline int get_value(const char c) { // A-Z have ASCII values in range 65-90. // Hence subtracting 65 will scale them to 0-25. return int(c - 65); } } // Unnamed namespace /** * Encrypt given text using caesar cipher. * @param text text to be encrypted * @param shift number of shifts to be applied * @returns new encrypted text */ std::string encrypt (const std::string &text, const int &shift) { std::string encrypted_text = ""; // Empty string to store encrypted text for (char c : text) { // Going through each character int place_value = get_value(c); // Getting value of character (i.e. 0-25) place_value = (place_value + shift) % 26; // Applying encryption formula char new_char = get_char(place_value); // Getting new character from new value (i.e. A-Z) encrypted_text += new_char; // Appending encrypted character } return encrypted_text; // Returning encrypted text } /** * Decrypt given text using caesar cipher. * @param text text to be decrypted * @param shift number of shifts to be applied * @returns new decrypted text */ std::string decrypt (const std::string &text, const int &shift) { std::string decrypted_text = ""; // Empty string to store decrypted text for (char c : text) { // Going through each character int place_value = get_value(c); // Getting value of character (i.e. 0-25) place_value = (place_value - shift) % 26;// Applying decryption formula if(place_value < 0) { // Handling case where remainder is negative place_value = place_value + 26; } char new_char = get_char(place_value); // Getting original character from decrypted value (i.e. A-Z) decrypted_text += new_char; // Appending decrypted character } return decrypted_text; // Returning decrypted text } } // namespace caesar } // namespace ciphers /** * Function to test above algorithm */ void test() { // Test 1 std::string text1 = "ALANTURING"; std::string encrypted1 = ciphers::caesar::encrypt(text1, 17); std::string decrypted1 = ciphers::caesar::decrypt(encrypted1, 17); assert(text1 == decrypted1); std::cout << "Original text : " << text1; std::cout << " , Encrypted text (with shift = 21) : " << encrypted1; std::cout << " , Decrypted text : "<< decrypted1 << std::endl; // Test 2 std::string text2 = "HELLOWORLD"; std::string encrypted2 = ciphers::caesar::encrypt(text2, 1729); std::string decrypted2 = ciphers::caesar::decrypt(encrypted2, 1729); assert(text2 == decrypted2); std::cout << "Original text : " << text2; std::cout << " , Encrypted text (with shift = 1729) : " << encrypted2; std::cout << " , Decrypted text : "<< decrypted2 << std::endl; } /** Driver Code */ int main() { // Testing test(); return 0; }