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Day 7: Dictionaries

Nov 21, 2021 · 1 min read · Today, I started learning about Hash Tables or what in Python is called the Dictionary - a data structure you can use to quickly look-up values for a given key. dictionary = { "A": "the letter A", "B": "the letter B", "Key": "Value", } Di...

Day 6: Caesar Cipher Complete

Nov 20, 2021 · 1 min read · Today, I refactored the Caesar Cipher to completeness. alphabet = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'] direction = input("Type 'encode' to encrypt, type '...

Day 5: decoding

Nov 19, 2021 · 1 min read · Today, I did the opposite of yesterday's encoding and decoded the cipher given the coded message and the shift value. def decrypt(text, shift): new_text = [] for letter in text: index = alphabet.index(letter) new_position = (index - shif...

Day 4: cipher wrap around

Nov 18, 2021 · 1 min read · Today, I started to implement the Caesar Cipher. The first part was to create a function called 'encrypt' that takes the 'text' and 'shifts' the input text. def encrypt(text, shift): The actual shift can be accomplished with an array new_text holding...

Day 3: functions with inputs

Nov 17, 2021 · 1 min read · Today, I practiced functions with inputs and learned the difference between Parameters def greet(a,b,c): # a, b, and c are the parameters print(a) print(b) print(c) Positional Arguments greet(1,2,3) # 1, 2, and 3 are...