py-basic/src/caesar.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
def internal(text: str, key: int) -> str:
cyphertext: str = ""
for c in text:
if ord(c) >= 65 and ord(c) <= 90: # uppercase letters
ci = ord(c) - ord('A')
add = ord('A')
#print(f"{c} is uppercase")
elif ord(c) >= 97 and ord(c) <= 122: # uppercase letters
ci = ord(c) - ord('a')
add = ord('a')
#print(f"{c} is lowercase")
else:
#print(f"not a letter: {c} ({ord(c)})")
# character is not a letter, just skip it
cyphertext += c
continue
ci += key
ci %= 26 # only 23 letters in the alphabet
#print(f"ci for {c}: {ci}")
cyphertext += chr(ci + add)
return cyphertext
if len(sys.argv) <= 2 or len(sys.argv) >= 5:
print("Takes two arguments: <SOURCE> <KEY> [-e]")
exit(1)
source: str = sys.argv[1]
target: str = ""
key = int(sys.argv[2])
if len(sys.argv) >= 4 and sys.argv[3] == "-e":
print("encrypting...")
target = internal(source, -key)
else:
print("decrypting...")
target = internal(source, key)
print("=" * 80)
print("%s" % target)