#🔒 Python Homework exercise. Manipulating Strings (Coding and Decoding)

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fathom jetty
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Exercise: A method for encoding/decoding a text is based on the idea of
replace a character with the character that is a certain distance away from it.
For example, if the chosen distance is 2, then c replaces a, d
replaces b and so on. Write a program to encode
and another to decode using this method. The distance must be
a parameter of the problem and can be positive or negative. Think about how it goes
solve the case of characters at the ends of the alphabet.

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fathom jetty
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i dont know even where to stard

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start

ashen dune
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this is just a ceasar encryption

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split it into small pieces and then start

worldly scaffold
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher

Caesar cipher

In cryptography, a Caesar cipher, also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, Caesar's code, or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, wit...

fathom jetty
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so its easier if i convert all strings to numbers

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and then add and subtract them depending of the input

worldly scaffold
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!e

print(ord('a'), ord('b'))
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fathom jetty
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and then convert again

worldly scaffold
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And chr is the opposite of ord.

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