railfence {ciphertext}R Documentation

railfence

Description

The rail fence is a transposition cipher where the text is written upwards and downwards diagonally (zigzag) on the rails of the fence

Usage

railfence(word, key = 3)

Arguments

word

Word or phrase to be encrypted

key

numeric key (number of rails)

Value

a string

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_fence_cipher

Examples

railfence('we are discovered flee at once',3)


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