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+SBWKRQ
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+PYTHON
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+"""
+Assignment 1: Cryptography
+Course: CS 92SI
+Name: Jean-Luc Watson
+Date: October 9th, 2015 
+
+Three-function cryptography suite: implements Caesar, Vigenere, and Railfence
+encryption and decryption, as well as a text-based user interface for repeated use.
+"""
+import math
+
+# base for character shifts
+ascii_base = ord('A')
+# map comprehension for caesar cipher character encryption 
+caesar_encryption_mapping = {chr(c): chr(ascii_base + ((c - ascii_base + 3) % 26)) for c in range(ascii_base, ascii_base + 26)}
+# map comprehension for caesar cipher character decryption
+caesar_decryption_mapping = {chr(c): chr(ascii_base + ((c - ascii_base - 3) % 26)) for c in range(ascii_base, ascii_base + 26)}
+
+
+def encrypt_caesar(plaintext):
+    """
+    Encrypts plaintext using a Caesar cipher.
+    Uses the precomputed plain -> encrypted character map to calculate each character
+    of the resulting ciphertext 
+    """
+    ciphertext = ""
+    for char in plaintext.upper():
+        ciphertext += caesar_encryption_mapping[char] 
+    return ciphertext
+
+
+def decrypt_caesar(ciphertext):
+    """
+    Decrypts a ciphertext using a Caesar cipher.
+    Uses the precomputed encrypted -> plain character map to calculate each character
+    of the resulting plaintext
+    """
+    plaintext = ""
+    for char in ciphertext.upper():
+        plaintext += caesar_decryption_mapping[char]
+    return plaintext
+
+
+def encrypt_vigenere(plaintext, keyword):
+    """
+    Encrypts plaintext using a Vigenere cipher with a keyword.
+    Generates the length-matching keyword with the appropriate list slice and shifts
+    the characters by total sum of the keyword character and the plaintext character
+    at a specific index (e.g. A -> B if the total sum is 1). The characters wrap around
+    if too large. 
+    """
+
+    plaintext = plaintext.upper()
+    keyword = keyword.upper()
+    matching_length_key = (keyword * math.ceil(len(plaintext) / len(keyword)))[:len(plaintext)]
+
+    ciphertext = ""
+    for index, char in enumerate(plaintext):
+        total_value = (ord(char) - ascii_base) + (ord(matching_length_key[index]) - ascii_base)
+        ciphertext += chr(ascii_base + (total_value % 26))
+    return ciphertext
+
+
+def decrypt_vigenere(ciphertext, keyword):
+    """
+    Decrypts ciphertext using a Vigenere cipher with a keyword.
+    Generates the corresponding plaintext using the exact opposite process as that used above,
+    subtracting the total key value from the character value to reverse the process. 
+    """
+    ciphertext = ciphertext.upper()
+    keyword = keyword.upper()
+    matching_length_key = (keyword * math.ceil(len(ciphertext) / len(keyword)))[:len(ciphertext)]
+
+    plaintext = ""
+    for index, char in enumerate(ciphertext):
+        total_value = (ord(char) - ascii_base) - (ord(matching_length_key[index]) - ascii_base)
+        plaintext += chr(ascii_base + (total_value % 26))
+    return plaintext
+
+
+def num_letters_in_rail(text, rail, num_rails):
+    """
+    Calculates the number of letters in a specific rail index for the railfence cipher.
+    Allocates one character per 'up' or 'down' sequence of characters to each of the
+    intermediary rails and half of that number to the first and last rails. Then distributes
+    the extra characters at the end of the string to the appropriate rails. 
+    """
+
+    num_segments = len(text) // (num_rails - 1)
+    if rail == 0:
+        letters_in_rail = math.ceil(num_segments / 2)
+    elif rail == num_rails - 1:
+        letters_in_rail = num_segments // 2
+    else:
+        letters_in_rail = num_segments
+
+    extra_letters = len(text) % (num_rails - 1)
+    if extra_letters != 0 and ((num_segments % 2 == 0 and rail < extra_letters) or \
+                               (num_segments % 2 == 1 and rail >= num_rails - extra_letters)):
+       letters_in_rail += 1
+    return letters_in_rail
+
+
+def encrypt_railfence(plaintext, num_rails):
+    """
+    Encrypts plaintext using a railfence cipher.
+    For the first and last rail, takes a slice of the plaintext of characters every
+    (n_rails -1)*2 indices. For each of the intermediate rails, the width of the slice
+    is the same, but two slices must be made and interwoven to create the complete
+    representation of the rail
+    """
+    if num_rails == 1:
+        return plaintext
+
+    ciphertext = ""
+    for r in range(num_rails):
+
+        rail = [None] * num_letters_in_rail(plaintext, r, num_rails)
+        if r > 0 and r < num_rails - 1: # not the last rail or the first one
+            rail[::2] = plaintext[r::(num_rails - 1)*2]
+            rail[1::2] = plaintext[r + (num_rails - r - 1)*2::(num_rails - 1)*2]
+        else:
+            rail[::] = plaintext[r::(num_rails - 1)*2]
+
+        ciphertext += "".join(rail)
+
+    return ciphertext
+
+
+def decrypt_railfence(ciphertext, num_rails):
+    """
+    Decrypts ciphertext using a railfence cipher.
+    Calculates the length of each rail, and assigns the slice of the ciphertext representing
+    the rail to be staggered by (num_rails-1)*2 indices in the plaintext. Does two passes
+    over intermediary rails and one over the first and last rails.
+    """
+    if num_rails == 1:
+        return ciphertext
+
+    plaintext_arr = [None] * len(ciphertext)
+    cipher_index = 0
+
+    for r in range(num_rails):
+        num_letters = num_letters_in_rail(ciphertext, r, num_rails)
+        if r  > 0 and r < num_rails - 1:
+            plaintext_arr[r::(num_rails - 1)*2] = ciphertext[cipher_index:cipher_index+num_letters:2]
+            plaintext_arr[r + (num_rails - r - 1)*2::(num_rails - 1)*2] = ciphertext[cipher_index + 1:cipher_index+num_letters:2]
+        else:
+            plaintext_arr[r::(num_rails - 1)*2] = ciphertext[cipher_index:cipher_index+num_letters]
+
+        cipher_index += num_letters
+
+    return "".join(plaintext_arr)
+
+
+def read_from_file(filename):
+    """
+    Reads and returns content from a file.
+    Combines all lines, strips all non-alpha characters, and uppercases all characters.
+    Returns the parsed contents of the file in one string.
+    """
+    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+        return strip_nonalpha("".join(lines)).upper()
+
+
+def write_to_file(filename, content):
+    """
+    Writes content to a file.
+    The content is written as is to the file. 
+    """
+    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(content)
+
+
+def strip_nonalpha(str):
+    """
+    Strips all non-alpha characters from the given string
+    """
+    return "".join([c for c in str if c.isalpha()])
+
+
+def run_crypto_algorithm(encrypt, text, filename):
+    """
+    Prompts the user to run a specific cryptography algorithm, one of Caesar, Vigenere, or Railfence.
+    Reprompts until it receives valid input.
+    param encrypt: Boolean, indicates whether to encrypt or decrypt the input
+    param text: input value to be encrypted/decrypted
+    param filename: if the input was read from a file, the filename is given
+    """
+    while True:
+        encryption_type = strip_nonalpha(input("(C)aesar, (V)igenere, or (R)ailfence? ")).upper()
+        if encryption_type == "C":
+            return run_caesar(encrypt, text, filename)
+        elif encryption_type == "V":
+            return run_vigenere(encrypt, text, filename)
+        elif encryption_type == "R":
+            return run_railfence(encrypt, text, filename)
+
+
+def run_caesar(encrypt, text, filename):
+    """
+    Runs either caesar encryption or decryption on the input text for the suite
+    """
+    if encrypt:
+        if filename:
+            print("Encrypting contents of "+filename+" using Caesar cipher")
+        else:
+            print("Encrypting "+text+" using Caesar cipher")
+        print("...")
+        return encrypt_caesar(text)
+    else:
+        if filename:
+            print("Decrypting contents of "+filename+" using Caesar cipher")
+        else:
+            print("Decrypting "+text+" using Caesar cipher")
+        print("...")
+        return decrypt_caesar(text)
+
+
+def run_vigenere(encrypt, text, filename):
+    """
+    Runs either Vigenere encryption or decryption on the input text. Also asks the user for a valid
+    passkey, which is stripped of non-alpha and uppercased.
+    """
+
+    passkey = strip_nonalpha(input("Passkey? ")).upper()
+    if encrypt:
+        if filename:
+            print("Encrypting contents of "+filename+" using Vigenere cipher with key "+passkey)
+        else:
+            print("Encrypting "+text+" using Vigenere cipher with key "+passkey)
+        print("...")
+        return encrypt_vigenere(text, passkey)
+    else:
+        if filename:
+            print("Decrypting contents of "+filename+" using Vigenere cipher with key "+passkey)
+        else:
+            print("Decrypting "+text+" using Vigenere cipher with key "+passkey)
+        print("...")
+        return decrypt_vigenere(text, passkey)
+
+
+def run_railfence(encrypt, text, filename):
+    """
+    Runs either railfence encryption or decyrption on the input text. Also asks the user for a valid
+    positive number of rails.
+    """
+    
+    num_rails = int(input("Positive number of rails? "))
+    if encrypt:
+        if filename:
+            print("Encrypting contents of "+filename+" using Railfence cipher with "+str(num_rails)+" rails")
+        else:
+            print("Encrypting "+text+" using Railfence cipher with "+str(num_rails)+" rails")
+        print("...")
+        return encrypt_railfence(text, num_rails)
+    else:
+        if filename:
+            print("Decrypting contents of "+filename+" using Railfence cipher with "+str(num_rails)+" rails")
+        else:
+            print("Decrypting "+text+" using Railfence cipher with "+str(num_rails)+" rails")
+        print("...")
+        return decrypt_railfence(text, num_rails)
+
+
+def run_suite():
+    """
+    Runs a single iteration of the cryptography suite.
+
+    Asks the user for input text from a string or file, whether to encrypt
+    or decrypt, what tool to use, and where to show the output.
+    """
+    while True:
+        print("*Input*")
+        filename = ""
+        while True:
+            option = strip_nonalpha(input("(F)ile or (S)tring? ")).upper()
+            if option == "F":
+                filename = input("Filename? ")
+                input_text = read_from_file(filename)
+                inputIsFile = True
+                break
+            elif option == "S":
+                input_text = strip_nonalpha(input("Enter the string to encrypt: ")).upper()
+                break
+
+        print("*Transform*")
+        while True:
+            option = strip_nonalpha(input("(E)ncrypt or (D)ecrypt? ")).upper()
+            if option == "E" or option == "D":
+                output_text = run_crypto_algorithm(option == "E", input_text, filename)
+                break
+
+        print("*Output*")
+        while True:
+            option = strip_nonalpha(input("(F)ile or (S)tring? ")).upper()
+            if option == "F":
+                filename = input("Filename? ")
+                print("Writing ciphertext to "+filename+"...")
+                write_to_file(filename, output_text)
+                break
+            elif option == "S":
+                print("The plaintext is:", output_text)
+                break
+
+        again = strip_nonalpha(input("Again (Y/N)? ")).upper()
+        if again == "N":
+            break
+
+
+# Do not modify code beneath this point.
+def should_continue():
+    """
+    Asks the user whether they would like to continue.
+    Responses that begin with a `Y` return True. (case-insensitively)
+    Responses that begin with a `N` return False. (case-insensitively)
+    All other responses (including '') cause a reprompt.
+    """
+    choice = input("Again (Y/N)? ").upper()
+    while not choice or choice[0] not in ['Y', 'N']:
+        choice = input("Please enter either 'Y' or 'N'. Again (Y/N)? ").upper()
+    return choice[0] == 'Y'
+
+
+def main():
+    """Harness for the Cryptography Suite"""
+    print("Welcome to the Cryptography Suite!")
+    run_suite()
+    while should_continue():
+        run_suite()
+    print("Goodbye!")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    """This block is run if and only if the Python script is invoked from the
+    command line."""
+    main()
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+Name: Jean-Luc Watson 
+1) How long did this assignment take you to complete?
+It took me about 5 or 6 hours, mostly because I got a little stuck on the Railfence algorithm and I spent some good amount of time trying to decrypt one of the vigenere file with the wrong key :D
+
+2) What has been the best part of the class so far?
+Definitely the help in class - during both the lectures and the labs, it's really nice to be able to get a second look at a problem or attempt at writing code.
+
+
+
+
+3) What can we do to make this class more enjoyable for you?
+Keep up the good work!
+
+
+
+
+4) What types of assignments would excite you in this class?
+I'm really excited to work on whatever assignments you come up with, but maybe something that edits sound waves/music to get some cool effects.
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/jlwatson-assign1/railfence-cipher.txt b/jlwatson-assign1/railfence-cipher.txt
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+WECRLTEERDSOEEFEAOCAIVDEN
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+WE ARE DISCOVERED. FLEE AT ONCE
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+KHOORZRUOG
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+LXFOPVEFRNHR
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+Attack At Dawn!
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