Null Cipher

09 Sep, 2021
A null cipher, also known as concealment cipher, is an ancient form of encryption where the plaintext is mixed with a large amount of non-cipher material. Today it is regarded as a simple form of steganography, which can be used to hide ciphertext.There are various options of using the Null Cipher. Here we are taking the first letter from each word successively. The pattern can be chosen to increase the cryptography level Other options can be: 
Taking last letters from each word.
Taking the letter from the particular position
Using the pattern (1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 [each letter in each word]). You can use some other pattern also.
Positing of the significant letters next to or at certain intervals from punctuation marks or particular characters.
Null Cipher taking the first letter from each word successively 
More Examples of messages containing null ciphers:  
Input will be one paragraph or sentence without any newline.

Input : News Eight Weather: Tonight increasing snow.
        Unexpected precipitation smothers eastern
        towns. Be extremely cautious and use snowtires
        especially heading east. The [highway is not]
        knowingly slippery. Highway evacuation is 
        suspected. Police report emergency situations
        in downtown ending near Tuesday.

Explanation:
Taking the first letter in each word successively yields
the real message.
Here we are converting decoded message to lowercase.

News Eight Weather: Tonight Increasing Snow.
Unexpected Precipitation Smothers Eastern
Towns. Be Extremely Cautious And Use Snowtires
Especially Heading East. The [Highway Is Not]
Knowingly Slippery. Highway Evacuation Is
Suspected. Police Report Emergency Situations
In Downtown Ending Near Tuesday.

Output :
After Deciphered : newtisupsetbecausehethinksheispresident

After breaking the words manually the output will be:
  Newt is upset because he thinks he is President
C++
Java
Python3
C#
Javascript
// CPP program to decode NULL CIPHER#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std;string decode(string str){    // Store the decoded string.    string res = "";    // found variable is used to tell that the encoded    // encoded character is found in that particular word.    bool found = false;     for (int i = 0; i < str.size(); i++)    {        // Set found variable to false whenever we find        // whitespace, meaning that encoded character for        // new word is not found        if (str[i] == ' ')        {            found = false;            continue;        }        if (!found)        {            if (str[i] >= 'A' && str[i] <= 'Z')            {                res += str[i] + 32;                found = true;            }            else if (str[i] >= 'a' && str[i] <= 'z')            {                res += str[i];                found = true;            }        }    }    return res;}// Driver codeint main(){    string in;    in = "A Step by Step Guide for Placement Preparation by GeeksforGeeks";     cout << "Enciphered Message: ";     // Function call    cout << decode(in) << endl;    return 0;}
// Java program to decode NULL CIPHERclass GFG{     // Function to decode the message.    static String decode(String str)    {        // Store the decoded string        String res = "";         // found variable is used        // to tell that the encoded        // encoded character is        // found in that particular word.        boolean found = false;        for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)        {            // Set found variable to false            // whenever we find            // whitespace, meaning that            // encoded character for            // new word is not found            if (str.charAt(i) == ' ')            {                found = false;                continue;            }            if (!found)            {                if ((str.charAt(i) >= 'A' && str.charAt(i) <= 'Z') ||                    (str.charAt(i) >= 'a' && str.charAt(i) <= 'z'))                {                    res += Character.toString(str.charAt(i));                    found = true;                }            }        }        return res.toLowerCase();    }     // Driver Code    public static void main(String[] args)    {        String in;        in = "A Step by Step Guide for Placement Preparation by GeeksforGeeks";        System.out.println("Enciphered Message: " + decode(in));    }} // This code is contributed by Vivek Kumar Singh
# Python program to decode NULL CIPHER # Function to decode the message.def decode(string):         # Store the decoded string    res = ""     # found variable is used    # to tell that the encoded    # encoded character is    # found in that particular word.    found = False     for character in string:         # Set found variable to false        # whenever we find        # whitespace, meaning that        # encoded character for        # new word is not found        if character == ' ':            found = False            continue         if not found:            if character>='A' and character<='Z' or character>='a' and character<='z':                res += character                found = True     return res.lower() # Driver codeif __name__ == "__main__":    input = "A Step by Step Guide for Placement Preparation by GeeksforGeeks"    print("Enciphered Message:",decode(input)) # This code is contributed by Vivek Kumar Singh
// A C# program to decode NULL CIPHERusing System;     class GFG{     // Function to decode the message.    static String decode(String str)    {        // Store the decoded string        String res = "";         // found variable is used        // to tell that the encoded        // encoded character is        // found in that particular word.        Boolean found = false;        for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)    {        // Set found variable to false whenever we find        // whitespace, meaning that encoded character for        // new word is not found        if (str[i] == ' ')        {            found = false;            continue;        }        if (!found)        {            if (str[i] >= 'A' && str[i] <= 'Z')            {                res += (char)(str[i] + 32);                found = true;            }            else if (str[i] >= 'a' && str[i] <= 'z')            {                res += (char)str[i];                found = true;            }        }    }    return res;    }     // Driver Code    public static void Main(String[] args)    {        String str;        str = "A Step by Step Guide for Placement Preparation by GeeksforGeeks";        Console.WriteLine("Enciphered Message: " + decode(str));    }} // This code has been contributed by 29AjayKumar
<script>// Javascript program to decode NULL CIPHER // Function to decode the message.function decode(str){     // Store the decoded string        let res = "";           // found variable is used        // to tell that the encoded        // encoded character is        // found in that particular word.        let found = false;        for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++)        {            // Set found variable to false            // whenever we find            // whitespace, meaning that            // encoded character for            // new word is not found            if (str[i] == ' ')            {                found = false;                continue;            }            if (!found)            {                if ((str[i] >= 'A' && str[i] <= 'Z') ||                    (str[i] >= 'a' && str[i] <= 'z'))                {                    res += (str[i]);                    found = true;                }            }        }        return res.toLowerCase();} // Driver Codelet In = "A Step by Step Guide for Placement Preparation by GeeksforGeeks";document.write("Enciphered Message: " + decode(In));     // This code is contributed by rag2127</script>
Output: 
Enciphered Message: asbsgfppbg
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