Task: Bacon cipher


C++: #include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <bitset>
#include <string>

class bacon {
public:
    bacon() {
        int x = 0;
        for( ; x < 9; x++ )
            bAlphabet.push_back( std::bitset<5>( x ).to_string() );
        bAlphabet.push_back( bAlphabet.back() );
        
        for( ; x < 20; x++ )
            bAlphabet.push_back( std::bitset<5>( x ).to_string() );
        bAlphabet.push_back( bAlphabet.back() );
        
        for( ; x < 24; x++ )
            bAlphabet.push_back( std::bitset<5>( x ).to_string() );
    }

    std::string encode( std::string txt ) {
        std::string r;
        size_t z;
        for( std::string::iterator i = txt.begin(); i != txt.end(); i++ ) {
            z = toupper( *i );
            if( z < 'A' || z > 'Z' ) continue;
            r.append( bAlphabet.at( ( *i & 31 ) - 1 ) );
        }
        return r;
    }

    std::string decode( std::string txt ) {
        size_t len = txt.length();
        while( len % 5 != 0 ) len--;
        if( len != txt.length() ) txt = txt.substr( 0, len );
        std::string r;
        for( size_t i = 0; i < len; i += 5 ) {
            r.append( 1, 'A' + std::distance( bAlphabet.begin(), std::find( bAlphabet.begin(), bAlphabet.end(), txt.substr( i, 5 ) ) ) );
        }
        return r;
    }

private:
    std::vector<std::string> bAlphabet;
};







VB: Imports System.Text

Module Module1

    ReadOnly CODES As New Dictionary(Of Char, String) From {
        {"a", "AAAAA"}, {"b", "AAAAB"}, {"c", "AAABA"}, {"d", "AAABB"}, {"e", "AABAA"},
        {"f", "AABAB"}, {"g", "AABBA"}, {"h", "AABBB"}, {"i", "ABAAA"}, {"j", "ABAAB"},
        {"k", "ABABA"}, {"l", "ABABB"}, {"m", "ABBAA"}, {"n", "ABBAB"}, {"o", "ABBBA"},
        {"p", "ABBBB"}, {"q", "BAAAA"}, {"r", "BAAAB"}, {"s", "BAABA"}, {"t", "BAABB"},
        {"u", "BABAA"}, {"v", "BABAB"}, {"w", "BABBA"}, {"x", "BABBB"}, {"y", "BBAAA"},
        {"z", "BBAAB"}, {" ", "BBBAA"} 
    }

    Function Encode(plainText As String, message As String) As String
        Dim pt = plainText.ToLower()
        Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
        For Each c In pt
            If "a" <= c AndAlso c <= "z" Then
                sb.Append(CODES(c))
            Else
                sb.Append(CODES(" "))
            End If
        Next

        Dim et = sb.ToString()
        Dim mg = message.ToLower() 

        sb.Length = 0
        Dim count = 0
        For Each c In mg
            If "a" <= c AndAlso c <= "z" Then
                If et(count) = "A" Then
                    sb.Append(c)
                Else
                    sb.Append(Chr(Asc(c) - 32)) 
                End If
                count += 1
                If count = et.Length Then
                    Exit For
                End If
            Else
                sb.Append(c)
            End If
        Next

        Return sb.ToString()
    End Function

    Function Decode(message As String) As String
        Dim sb As New StringBuilder

        For Each c In message
            If "a" <= c AndAlso c <= "z" Then
                sb.Append("A")
            ElseIf "A" <= c AndAlso c <= "Z" Then
                sb.Append("B")
            End If
        Next

        Dim et = sb.ToString()
        sb.Length = 0
        For index = 0 To et.Length - 1 Step 5
            Dim quintet = et.Substring(index, 5)
            Dim key = CODES.Where(Function(a) a.Value = quintet).First().Key
            sb.Append(key)
        Next

        Return sb.ToString()
    End Function

    Sub Main()
        Dim plainText = "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
        Dim message =
            "bacon
            "this task is to implement a program for encryption and decryption of " +
            "plaintext using the simple alphabet of the baconian cipher or some " +
            "other kind of representation of this alphabet (make anything signify anything). " +
            "the baconian alphabet may optionally be extended to encode all lower " +
            "case characters individually and/or adding a few punctuation characters " +
            "such as the space."

        Dim cipherText = Encode(plainText, message)
        Console.WriteLine("Cipher text ->" & Environment.NewLine & "{0}", cipherText)

        Dim decodedText = Decode(cipherText)
        Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine & "Hidden text ->" & Environment.NewLine & "{0}", decodedText)
    End Sub

End Module