"""
The Bifid Cipher uses a Polybius Square to encipher a message in a way that
makes it fairly difficult to decipher without knowing the secret.
https://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/codes/bifid.php
"""
import numpy as np
SQUARE = [
["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"],
["f", "g", "h", "i", "k"],
["l", "m", "n", "o", "p"],
["q", "r", "s", "t", "u"],
["v", "w", "x", "y", "z"],
]
class BifidCipher:
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.SQUARE = np.array(SQUARE)
def letter_to_numbers(self, letter: str) -> np.ndarray:
"""
Return the pair of numbers that represents the given letter in the
polybius square
>>> np.array_equal(BifidCipher().letter_to_numbers('a'), [1,1])
True
>>> np.array_equal(BifidCipher().letter_to_numbers('u'), [4,5])
True
"""
index1, index2 = np.where(letter == self.SQUARE)
indexes = np.concatenate([index1 + 1, index2 + 1])
return indexes
def numbers_to_letter(self, index1: int, index2: int) -> str:
"""
Return the letter corresponding to the position [index1, index2] in
the polybius square
>>> BifidCipher().numbers_to_letter(4, 5) == "u"
True
>>> BifidCipher().numbers_to_letter(1, 1) == "a"
True
"""
letter = self.SQUARE[index1 - 1, index2 - 1]
return letter
def encode(self, message: str) -> str:
"""
Return the encoded version of message according to the polybius cipher
>>> BifidCipher().encode('testmessage') == 'qtltbdxrxlk'
True
>>> BifidCipher().encode('Test Message') == 'qtltbdxrxlk'
True
>>> BifidCipher().encode('test j') == BifidCipher().encode('test i')
True
"""
message = message.lower()
message = message.replace(" ", "")
message = message.replace("j", "i")
first_step = np.empty((2, len(message)))
for letter_index in range(len(message)):
numbers = self.letter_to_numbers(message[letter_index])
first_step[0, letter_index] = numbers[0]
first_step[1, letter_index] = numbers[1]
second_step = first_step.reshape(2 * len(message))
encoded_message = ""
for numbers_index in range(len(message)):
index1 = int(second_step[numbers_index * 2])
index2 = int(second_step[(numbers_index * 2) + 1])
letter = self.numbers_to_letter(index1, index2)
encoded_message = encoded_message + letter
return encoded_message
def decode(self, message: str) -> str:
"""
Return the decoded version of message according to the polybius cipher
>>> BifidCipher().decode('qtltbdxrxlk') == 'testmessage'
True
"""
message = message.lower()
message.replace(" ", "")
first_step = np.empty(2 * len(message))
for letter_index in range(len(message)):
numbers = self.letter_to_numbers(message[letter_index])
first_step[letter_index * 2] = numbers[0]
first_step[letter_index * 2 + 1] = numbers[1]
second_step = first_step.reshape((2, len(message)))
decoded_message = ""
for numbers_index in range(len(message)):
index1 = int(second_step[0, numbers_index])
index2 = int(second_step[1, numbers_index])
letter = self.numbers_to_letter(index1, index2)
decoded_message = decoded_message + letter
return decoded_message