[hewjazz]

I am working on a code that will decrypt and encrypt a string using a vigenere cipher and the user must input a keyword to use to encrypt it. The problem i am having is that i cant figure out how to match the keyword length to the string i am encodings length. I remember my teacher saying something about the modulus function but i cant remember. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

This post has been edited by hewjazz: 04 November 2009 - 12:14 PM

[hewjazz]

Maybe using a for statement to copy the key into an array until it reaches the length of the string to be encrypted?

[macosxnerd101]

I think this is what you mean:

Key: Hello
Plaintext: Macosxnerd101

Relation:
H e l l o H e l l o H e l
M a c o s x n e r d 1 0 1

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[hewjazz]

yes that is exactly what i am looking to get sry i didnt put the code up to start with

		String key = new String("ABCD");
		char[] arrKey = key.toCharArray();

i have this which will work if the key put in is the same length.

yes that is exactly what i am looking to get sry i didnt put the code up to start with

		String key = new String("ABCD");
		char[] arrKey = key.toCharArray();

i have this which will work if the key put in is the same length.

[macosxnerd101]

You might consider using String concatenation in combination with the charAt() method. Something like:

public String modifyKey(String key, int plainLength){
   int i = 0; 
   String temp = key;
   while(key.length() < plainLength){
	   temp += key.charAt(i); //add the next character to temp
	   i = (i+1)%(key.length()-1);  //go to the next char in key, resetting to 0 after reaching the end
	   }
   return temp;
}

[hewjazz]

thanks im gonna give that a try.

[hewjazz]

now as for encrypting it, subtracting 65 from the key char ascii value and adding it to the plain text char ascii value should work?

now as for encrypting it, subtracting 65 from the key char ascii value and adding it to the plain text char ascii value should work?

[macosxnerd101]

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[hewjazz]

if(messageCharValue >= 65 && messageCharValue <= 90){
encrCharValue = (keyCharValue - 65) + messageCharValue;
}
encrChar = (char)encrCharValue;
encrMessage = encrMessage + encrChar;
keyIndex++;

This post has been edited by hewjazz: 04 November 2009 - 01:09 PM