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28 changes: 25 additions & 3 deletions src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/ciphers/Caesar.java
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -91,28 +91,50 @@ private static boolean IsCapitalLatinLetter(char c) {
private static boolean IsSmallLatinLetter(char c) {
return c >= 'a' && c <= 'z';
}
/**
* @return string array which contains all the possible decoded combination.
*/
public static String[] bruteforce(String encryptedMessage) {
String[] listOfAllTheAnswers = new String[27];
for (int i=0; i<=26; i++) {
listOfAllTheAnswers[i] = decode(encryptedMessage, i);
}

return listOfAllTheAnswers;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int shift = 0;
System.out.println("Please enter the message (Latin Alphabet)");
String message = input.nextLine();
System.out.println(message);
System.out.println("Please enter the shift number");
int shift = input.nextInt() % 26;
System.out.println("(E)ncode or (D)ecode ?");
System.out.println("(E)ncode or (D)ecode or (B)ruteforce?");
char choice = input.next().charAt(0);
switch (choice) {
case 'E':
case 'e':
System.out.println("Please enter the shift number");
shift = input.nextInt() % 26;
System.out.println(
"ENCODED MESSAGE IS \n" + encode(message, shift)); // send our function to handle
break;
case 'D':
case 'd':
System.out.println("Please enter the shift number");
shift = input.nextInt() % 26;
System.out.println("DECODED MESSAGE IS \n" + decode(message, shift));
break;
case 'B':
case 'b':
String[] listOfAllTheAnswers = bruteforce(message);
for (int i =0; i<=26; i++) {
System.out.println("FOR SHIFT " + String.valueOf(i) + " decoded message is " + listOfAllTheAnswers[i]);
}
default:
System.out.println("default case");
}

input.close();
}
}