Experiment 7
PLAYFAIR CIPHER
AIM
Implement polyalphabetic cipher- Playfair Cipher
PROGRAM
# Python program to implement Playfair Cipher
def toLowerCase(text):
return text.lower()
# Function to remove all spaces in a string
def removeSpaces(text):
newText = ""
for i in text:
if i == " ":
continue
else:
newText = newText + i
return newText
# Function to group 2 elements of a string
# as a list element
def Diagraph(text):
Diagraph = []
group = 0
for i in range(2, len(text), 2):
Diagraph.append(text[group:i])
group = i
Diagraph.append(text[group:])
return Diagraph
# Function to fill a letter in a string element
# If 2 letters in the same string matches
def FillerLetter(text):
k = len(text)
if k % 2 == 0:
for i in range(0, k, 2):
if text[i] == text[i+1]:
new_word = text[0:i+1] + str('x') + text[i+1:]
new_word = FillerLetter(new_word)
break
else:
new_word = text
else:
for i in range(0, k-1, 2):
if text[i] == text[i+1]:
new_word = text[0:i+1] + str('x') + text[i+1:]
new_word = FillerLetter(new_word)
break
else:
new_word = text
return new_word
list1 = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'k', 'l', 'm',
'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y',
'z']
# Function to generate the 5x5 key square matrix
def generateKeyTable(word, list1):
key_letters = []
for i in word:
if i not in key_letters:
key_letters.append(i)
compElements = []
for i in key_letters:
if i not in compElements:
compElements.append(i)
for i in list1:
if i not in compElements:
compElements.append(i)
matrix = []
while compElements != []:
matrix.append(compElements[:5])
compElements = compElements[5:]
return matrix
def search(mat, element):
for i in range(5):
for j in range(5):
if(mat[i][j] == element):
return i, j
def encrypt_RowRule(matr, e1r, e1c, e2r, e2c):
char1 = ''
if e1c == 4:
char1 = matr[e1r][0]
else:
char1 = matr[e1r][e1c+1]
char2 = ''
if e2c == 4:
char2 = matr[e2r][0]
else:
char2 = matr[e2r][e2c+1]
return char1, char2
def encrypt_ColumnRule(matr, e1r, e1c, e2r, e2c):
char1 = ''
if e1r == 4:
char1 = matr[0][e1c]
else:
char1 = matr[e1r+1][e1c]
char2 = ''
if e2r == 4:
char2 = matr[0][e2c]
else:
char2 = matr[e2r+1][e2c]
return char1, char2
def encrypt_RectangleRule(matr, e1r, e1c, e2r, e2c):
char1 = ''
char1 = matr[e1r][e2c]
char2 = ''
char2 = matr[e2r][e1c]
return char1, char2
def encryptByPlayfairCipher(Matrix, plainList):
CipherText = []
for i in range(0, len(plainList)):
c1 = 0
c2 = 0
ele1_x, ele1_y = search(Matrix, plainList[i][0])
ele2_x, ele2_y = search(Matrix, plainList[i][1])
if ele1_x == ele2_x:
c1, c2 = encrypt_RowRule(Matrix, ele1_x, ele1_y, ele2_x,
ele2_y)
# Get 2 letter cipherText
elif ele1_y == ele2_y:
c1, c2 = encrypt_ColumnRule(Matrix, ele1_x, ele1_y, ele2_x,
ele2_y)
else:
c1, c2 = encrypt_RectangleRule(
Matrix, ele1_x, ele1_y, ele2_x, ele2_y)
cipher = c1 + c2
CipherText.append(cipher)
return CipherText
def main():
text_Plain = input("Enter the text plain: ")
text_Plain = removeSpaces(toLowerCase(text_Plain))
PlainTextList = Diagraph(FillerLetter(text_Plain))
if len(PlainTextList[-1]) != 2:
PlainTextList[-1] = PlainTextList[-1]+'z'
key = input("Enter the key: ")
print("Key text:", key)
key = toLowerCase(key)
Matrix = generateKeyTable(key, list1)
print("Plain Text:", text_Plain)
CipherList = encryptByPlayfairCipher(Matrix, PlainTextList)
CipherText = ""
for i in CipherList:
CipherText += i
print("CipherText:", CipherText)
main()
OUTPUT
RESULT
Successfully implemented polyalphabetic cipher - Playfair Cipher
