Author SHA1 Message Date
Tirsvad 621f5f7272 Add decrypt function to Caesar cipher
- Implement decrypt function that reverses encryption with negative
  shift
- Export decrypt in package's public API
- Update tests with basic roundtrip and edge case tests
- Update documentation to reflect encryption/decryption support
2026-10-04 13:18:33 +08:00
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# 🔐 Caesar Cipher # 🔐 Caesar Cipher
A beginner-friendly Python program that encodes messages with the Caesar cipher. A beginner-friendly Python program that encodes and decodes messages with the Caesar cipher.
## 📚 Table of Contents ## 📚 Table of Contents
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## 🧭 Overview ## 🧭 Overview
The Caesar cipher shifts every letter by a fixed number of places (with a shift of 3, `E` becomes `H`). This project, from Udemy's *100 Days of Code: The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp* (Day 8), finds letter positions with `list.index` and wraps around the alphabet with the modulo operator. Part 1 covers encryption; decryption and a combined program follow in later parts. Code lives in `src/`, tests in `tests/`, docs in `docs/`. The Caesar cipher shifts every letter by a fixed number of places (with a shift of 3, `E` becomes `H`). This project, from Udemy's *100 Days of Code: The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp* (Day 8), finds letter positions with `list.index` and wraps around the alphabet with the modulo operator. Parts 1 and 2 cover encryption and decryption; a combined program follows in Part 3. Code lives in `src/`, tests in `tests/`, docs in `docs/`.
## 📋 Requirements ## 📋 Requirements
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Each letter is moved `shift` places through the alphabet: Each letter is moved `shift` places through the alphabet:
`new_position = (ALPHABET.index(letter) + shift) % 26`. `new_position = (ALPHABET.index(letter) + shift) % 26`.
The modulo keeps positions in range for shifts past `z`. The modulo keeps positions in range for shifts past `z`.
Non-letters are left untouched and letter case is preserved. Decryption is encryption with `-shift`. Non-letters are left untouched and letter case is preserved.
API reference: run `doxygen Doxyfile` from the repository root and open API reference: run `doxygen Doxyfile` from the repository root and open
`docs/doxygen/html/index.html`. The step-by-step plan is in [plan.md](plan.md). `docs/doxygen/html/index.html`. The step-by-step plan is in [plan.md](plan.md).
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## @file __init__.py ## @file __init__.py
# @brief Public API of the caesar_cipher package. # @brief Public API of the caesar_cipher package.
from caesar_cipher.cipher import encrypt from caesar_cipher.cipher import decrypt, encrypt
__all__ = ["encrypt"] __all__ = ["encrypt", "decrypt"]
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## @file cipher.py ## @file cipher.py
# @brief Caesar cipher encryption. # @brief Caesar cipher encryption and decryption.
from caesar_cipher.constants import ALPHABET from caesar_cipher.constants import ALPHABET
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else: else:
result.append(char) result.append(char)
return "".join(result) return "".join(result)
def decrypt(text: str, shift: int) -> str:
## @brief Decrypt a Caesar-cipher text.
# @param text Encrypted text.
# @param shift Shift that was used to encrypt.
# @return The original text.
return encrypt(text, -shift)
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from caesar_cipher import encrypt from caesar_cipher import decrypt, encrypt
from caesar_cipher.env import load_env from caesar_cipher.env import load_env
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f.write_text("# c\nA=1\nB='two'\n", encoding="utf-8") f.write_text("# c\nA=1\nB='two'\n", encoding="utf-8")
assert load_env(f) == {"A": "1", "B": "two"} assert load_env(f) == {"A": "1", "B": "two"}
assert load_env(tmp_path / "missing") == {} assert load_env(tmp_path / "missing") == {}
def test_decrypt_basic():
assert decrypt("mjqqt", 5) == "hello"
def test_decrypt_roundtrip():
assert decrypt(encrypt("Hello, World!", 7), 7) == "Hello, World!"
def test_decrypt_wraps_around_alphabet():
assert decrypt("abc", 3) == "xyz"
assert decrypt("def", 29) == "abc"