I can suggest that the X should probably be a "D" you may want to check this with your tutor<div>Although as a python noob I don't have the foggiest on how to do this in python, but will keep this for an exercise for if, and when I do.</div>
<div>On paper it's pretty simple once you Wikipedia it.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 November 2010 12:55, Wayne Werner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:waynejwerner@gmail.com">waynejwerner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Natalie Kristine T. Castillo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncastillo@umail.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">ncastillo@umail.ucsb.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi, I need help on how exactly to solve this:<br>
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To send secret messages you and your partner have decided to use the columnar function you have written to perform columnar transposition cipher for this course. You have received the ciphertext EXLYHILOSHOOAETU from your friend. You two decide to use the keyword MARS. What message did your friend send you? Show your steps and do it by hand.</div>
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<div><br></div><div>This sounds an awful lot like homework. It's not our policy to solve homework, but if you get stuck we'll happily give you nudges in the right direction. </div><div><br></div><div>This problem also happens to be language agnostic - meaning it doesn't matter whether you solve it in Python, Assembly, C++, Ruby, or by hand.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Of course the problem description also says show your steps and do it by hand, which suggests that the problem is not terribly difficult to solve if you have some familiarity with the columnar transposition cipher. I've never heard of it before, but I'm sure <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">www.google.com</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org</a> have plenty to say on the subject.</div>
<div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div>Wayne</div></div>
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