trafid_cipher.py

# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifid_cipher


def __encryptPart(messagePart, character2Number):
    one, two, three = "", "", ""
    tmp = []

    for character in messagePart:
        tmp.append(character2Number[character])

    for each in tmp:
        one += each[0]
        two += each[1]
        three += each[2]

    return one + two + three


def __decryptPart(messagePart, character2Number):
    tmp, thisPart = "", ""
    result = []

    for character in messagePart:
        thisPart += character2Number[character]

    for digit in thisPart:
        tmp += digit
        if len(tmp) == len(messagePart):
            result.append(tmp)
            tmp = ""

    return result[0], result[1], result[2]


def __prepare(message, alphabet):
    # Validate message and alphabet, set to upper and remove spaces
    alphabet = alphabet.replace(" ", "").upper()
    message = message.replace(" ", "").upper()

    # Check length and characters
    if len(alphabet) != 27:
        raise KeyError("Length of alphabet has to be 27.")
    for each in message:
        if each not in alphabet:
            raise ValueError("Each message character has to be included in alphabet!")

    # Generate dictionares
    numbers = (
        "111",
        "112",
        "113",
        "121",
        "122",
        "123",
        "131",
        "132",
        "133",
        "211",
        "212",
        "213",
        "221",
        "222",
        "223",
        "231",
        "232",
        "233",
        "311",
        "312",
        "313",
        "321",
        "322",
        "323",
        "331",
        "332",
        "333",
    )
    character2Number = {}
    number2Character = {}
    for letter, number in zip(alphabet, numbers):
        character2Number[letter] = number
        number2Character[number] = letter

    return message, alphabet, character2Number, number2Character


def encryptMessage(message, alphabet="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.", period=5):
    message, alphabet, character2Number, number2Character = __prepare(message, alphabet)
    encrypted, encrypted_numeric = "", ""

    for i in range(0, len(message) + 1, period):
        encrypted_numeric += __encryptPart(message[i : i + period], character2Number)

    for i in range(0, len(encrypted_numeric), 3):
        encrypted += number2Character[encrypted_numeric[i : i + 3]]

    return encrypted


def decryptMessage(message, alphabet="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.", period=5):
    message, alphabet, character2Number, number2Character = __prepare(message, alphabet)
    decrypted_numeric = []
    decrypted = ""

    for i in range(0, len(message) + 1, period):
        a, b, c = __decryptPart(message[i : i + period], character2Number)

        for j in range(0, len(a)):
            decrypted_numeric.append(a[j] + b[j] + c[j])

    for each in decrypted_numeric:
        decrypted += number2Character[each]

    return decrypted


if __name__ == "__main__":
    msg = "DEFEND THE EAST WALL OF THE CASTLE."
    encrypted = encryptMessage(msg, "EPSDUCVWYM.ZLKXNBTFGORIJHAQ")
    decrypted = decryptMessage(encrypted, "EPSDUCVWYM.ZLKXNBTFGORIJHAQ")
    print(f"Encrypted: {encrypted}\nDecrypted: {decrypted}")