Alrighty, here is what I've come up with. Any suggestions for tweaks or
speed-boosting efficiency? Just kidding. :)
Maybe the weakest part is how the code is determined (just shuffling the
letters in the alphabet). Perhaps there's a better way? Although it
seems effective to me....
import string
import random
import itertools
def convert_quote(quote):
coded_quote = make_code(quote)
author = coded_quote.split('|')[1]
quote = coded_quote.split('|')[0]
return quote, author
def make_code(original):
original_letters = make_set(original)
new_letters = list(string.ascii_uppercase)
while True:
random.shuffle(new_letters)
trans_letters = ''.join(new_letters)[:len(original_letters)]
if test_code(original_letters, trans_letters):
trans_table = string.maketrans(original_letters, trans_letters)
break
return original.translate(trans_table)
def make_set(original):
original_set = set(original)
punc_space = string.punctuation + string.whitespace
for char in punc_space:
if char in original_set:
original_set.remove(char)
return ''.join(original_set)
def test_code(original_letters, trans_letters):
for pair in itertools.izip(original_letters, trans_letters):
if pair[0] == pair[1]:
return False
return True
if __name__ == '__main__':
print convert_quote("The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even
past.|William Faulkner")
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