Delta Encoding and Decoding
Time Limit: 1 Second Memory Limit: 32768 KB
A very simple encryption scheme which represents a big improvement over a substitution cipher is a delta cipher. Here's how it works: The letters A through Z are given a numerical values starting with 0 and ending with 25. These values aren't necessarily given in that order, but the mapping is one to one. (The trivial mapping where A has value 0, B has value 1, etc. is the default cipher. It's what you use when you don't have anything better.)In order to encrypt a message, the differences between successive values are used.
1. All characters except letters are transferred to the encrypted message unchanged.
2. When one letter is preceeded by something other than a letter, it is treated
as though it had been preceeded by an A.
3. Case both does and does not matter in this encryption scheme. If a letter
is originally uppercase, the encrypted version should be uppercase. If it is
lowercase, the encrypted version should be lowercase. However, A and a are the
same letter.
4. When one letter is preceeded by another, the difference between the two values
is the value of the first is subtracted from the second. The letter whose value
is equivalent to this difference modulo 26 will replace the second letter in
the new text.
Input
The input is merely a sequence of a commands, one per line, and is terminated
by an EOF. No line contains more than 10000 characters. There are three command
words: ENCRYPT, DECRYPT, and CIPHER. The case of the letters in these words
is not important, and each word will be followed by at least one space. Any
line which begins with any word other than one of these three commands requires
the response "Command not understood."
Output
The ENCRYPT and DECRYPT commands are self-explanatory. The encrypt command is
followed by plain text which needs to be encrypted and the decrypt command is
followed by encrypted text which must be put into plain text. Whatever follows
one of these two command words should be either encrypted or decrypted using
the current cipher. If no cipher has yet been given, you should use the default
cipher.
The CIPHER command should be followed by the twenty-six letters of the alphabet.
The order of these letters is important and that order determines the value
for each character - the first letter has value 0; the second letter has value
1; etc. There may be spaces and punctuation; these should be ignored; however,
this line must have exactly twenty-six letters on it with no repetitions. Any
problem requires the response, "Bad cipher. Using default." (And,
as indicated, you should actually use the default). If the cipher is understandable,
you need to echo it back to the user as shown below, and then use it for all
subsequent commands.
Sample Input
ENCRYPT The quick brown fox leaped over the lazy dog. CIPHER qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm ENCRYPT The quick brown fox leaped over the lazy dog. DECRYPT Xsf juwgv fuyzb rcd oaomza nguw xsf olpd evu. ENCRIPT This won't work! CIPHER qAZwSXedCRfv tgbyhnujmikolp ENCRYPT The quick brown fox leaped over the lazy dog. DECRYPT Vsh puwgb gibeb rgc ocilda kbiw vsh owag ehh. CIPHER qwertyuopasdfghjklzxcvbnm ENCRYPT The quick brown fox leaped over the lazy dog. DECRYPT Tox qeoui bqxir fjj ltwppz ohjn tox lpzz dls.
Sample Output
RESULT: Tox qeoui bqxir fjj ltwppz ohjn tox lpzz dls. Good cipher. Using QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM. RESULT: Xsf juwgv fuyzb rcd oaomza nguw xsf olpd evu. RESULT: The quick brown fox leaped over the lazy dog. Command not understood. Good cipher. Using QAZWSXEDCRFVTGBYHNUJMIKOLP. RESULT: Vsh puwgb gibeb rgc ocilda kbiw vsh owag ehh. RESULT: The quick brown fox leaped over the lazy dog. Bad cipher. Using default. RESULT: Tox qeoui bqxir fjj ltwppz ohjn tox lpzz dls. RESULT: The quick brown fox leaped over the lazy dog.Submit
Source: Southeastern Europe 2003