[Tutor] Columnar Transposition Cipher question

[Luke Pettit]

I can suggest that the X should probably be a "D" you may want to check this
with your tutor
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.
On paper it's pretty simple once you Wikipedia it.

On 9 November 2010 12:55, Wayne Werner <waynejwerner at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Natalie Kristine T. Castillo <
> ncastillo at umail.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I need help on how exactly to solve this:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 www.google.com and
> http://en.wikipedia.org have plenty to say on the subject.
>
> HTH,
> Wayne
>
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Luke Pettit
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