I can suggest that the X should probably be a "D" you may want to check this with your tutor Although as a python noob I don't have the foggiest on how to do this in python, but will keep this for an exercise for if, and when I do. On paper it's pretty simple once you Wikipedia it.
On 9 November 2010 12:55, Wayne Werner <waynejwer...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Natalie Kristine T. Castillo < > ncasti...@umail.ucsb.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, I need help on how exactly to solve this: >> >> To send secret messages you and your partner have decided to use the >> columnar function you have written to perform columnar transposition cipher >> for this course. You have received the ciphertext EXLYHILOSHOOAETU from your >> friend. You two decide to use the keyword MARS. What message did your friend >> send you? Show your steps and do it by hand. >> > > This sounds an awful lot like homework. It's not our policy to solve > homework, but if you get stuck we'll happily give you nudges in the right > direction. > > This problem also happens to be language agnostic - meaning it doesn't > matter whether you solve it in Python, Assembly, C++, Ruby, or by hand. > > Of course the problem description also says show your steps and do it by > hand, which suggests that the problem is not terribly difficult to solve if > you have some familiarity with the columnar transposition cipher. I've never > heard of it before, but I'm sure www.google.com and > http://en.wikipedia.org have plenty to say on the subject. > > HTH, > Wayne > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- Luke Pettit
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