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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.
20 lines
463 B
Python
20 lines
463 B
Python
from easybits import Bits
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from ciphers.caesar import CaesarCipher
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from collections import Counter
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def crack_caesar(enc_text):
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counts = Counter(enc_text)
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count_keys = list(counts.keys())
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count_vals = list(counts.values())
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most_freq=counts.most_common(1)[0][0]
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print(type(most_freq))
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secret_num = Bits(most_freq).int - Bits(' ').int
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cipher = CaesarCipher(secret_num)
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print(cipher.decrypt(enc_text))
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