Simple Java Shift Encryption
Hello everyone!
I am new to the world of java programming, and I am working on basic shift encrytion. Here is what I need the program to do:
User inputs a single lower-case letter or upper-case letter or number (0-9).
User inputs number of places to shift letter or number (i.e. user types in 0 and shifts 2, the encrypted output is 2).
I have the code working to shift the input successfully, but I can't get the numbers or letters to wrap around. I need to limit this to letters and numbers only, no special characters.
I am converting the input char to its ASCII value to do the operations.
Any suggestions on how to detect input and do the wrap around?
Example of what I mean by wrap around:
User inputs Z and shifts 2 places, should be come a B, not a \.
Thank you in advance!
Kody
I am new to the world of java programming, and I am working on basic shift encrytion. Here is what I need the program to do:
User inputs a single lower-case letter or upper-case letter or number (0-9).
User inputs number of places to shift letter or number (i.e. user types in 0 and shifts 2, the encrypted output is 2).
I have the code working to shift the input successfully, but I can't get the numbers or letters to wrap around. I need to limit this to letters and numbers only, no special characters.
I am converting the input char to its ASCII value to do the operations.
Any suggestions on how to detect input and do the wrap around?
Example of what I mean by wrap around:
User inputs Z and shifts 2 places, should be come a B, not a \.
Thank you in advance!
Kody
Sorry, I wanted some clarification - are you talking about
real ASCI representation or
you say have sequence
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRASTUVWX
and you want to shift within this sequence and wrap around if necessary
Becuase if you do something with ASCII representations you'll of course need to go
out of this set,
So then do you shift numbers within numbers and leters within letters?
If this is so, I think you can implement wrap around using "%" operator (modulo n)
If this is about real ASCII representation then something else is required
real ASCI representation or
you say have sequence
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRASTUVWX
and you want to shift within this sequence and wrap around if necessary
Becuase if you do something with ASCII representations you'll of course need to go
out of this set,
So then do you shift numbers within numbers and leters within letters?
If this is so, I think you can implement wrap around using "%" operator (modulo n)
If this is about real ASCII representation then something else is required
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
What I need to do is this:
If input is a number, stay within that range. EX: input is 0 so you can only shift in the range 0 - 9
if input is a capital letter, stay within that range EX: input is A so you can only shift in the range of A-Z
Does this make sense? So if I'm at a capital Z, and enter shift 2, it should become a capital B.
If input is a number, stay within that range. EX: input is 0 so you can only shift in the range 0 - 9
if input is a capital letter, stay within that range EX: input is A so you can only shift in the range of A-Z
Does this make sense? So if I'm at a capital Z, and enter shift 2, it should become a capital B.
ASKER
I was able to make it work by modifying the code that you provided for me. Thank you!
Well then the same idea as I showed above.
This is the static method which can do it
static String [] MyStrings = {
"0123456789",
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy
}
input character is in String s:
public static string Encode(String s, int shift){
String snew = null;
for (int j=0; j<myStrings.length; j++){
if(myStrings[j].indexOf(s)
snew = "" + myStrings[j].charAt((myStr
}
if(snew == null){
System.out.println("It was not digit opr letter");
}
else
System.out.println(snew);
}
return snew;
}
This is the static method which can do it
static String [] MyStrings = {
"0123456789",
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy
}
input character is in String s:
public static string Encode(String s, int shift){
String snew = null;
for (int j=0; j<myStrings.length; j++){
if(myStrings[j].indexOf(s)
snew = "" + myStrings[j].charAt((myStr
}
if(snew == null){
System.out.println("It was not digit opr letter");
}
else
System.out.println(snew);
}
return snew;
}
ASKER