On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:29:16 +0100, R.S. wrote:

>Yes, exactly.
>This is one of the reasons for custom-defined table.
>Custom-defined is not "standard"
>And yes, the goal is to change selected characters, and prepare the
>opposite table. Of course translation can be reversible when the table
>has unique values (this is first of the conditions) . So, for example it
>can be A->B translation, but B has to be translated as well, let's say
>B->A. That would change ADAM BROWN to BDBM AROWN (assuming other
>characters are not translated), but it reversible.
>Let's say translation A -> B and B unchanged would give BDBM BROWN and
>there is no way to find out which character need to be reversed.
> 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijection

-- gil

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