From 08b24a3baacacfc075c2bc7b40f74134c1911920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: caglazir2 <nobody@makingwithcode.org>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 16:48:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Submitted the changes previously made.

Checkpoint 2: a strategy I used was simialr to the example given on the website.
I used the most commonly used characters as a way of tracking the frequency.
---
 .envrc            |  1 +
 caesar_cracker.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .envrc
 create mode 100644 caesar_cracker.py

diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a96c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+source .venv/bin/activate
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/caesar_cracker.py b/caesar_cracker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dd4cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/caesar_cracker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from easybits import Bits
+from ciphers.caesar import CaesarCipher
+from collections import Counter
+
+def crack_caesar(enc_text):
+    counts = Counter(enc_text)
+    count_keys = list(counts.keys())
+    count_vals = list(counts.values())
+    most_freq=counts.most_common(1)[0][0]
+    print(type(most_freq))
+    secret_num = Bits(most_freq).int - Bits(' ').int
+    cipher = CaesarCipher(secret_num)
+    print(cipher.decrypt(enc_text))
+
+
+    
+
+    
+