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Challenge #163: Caesar Cipher (on the way to Kryptos)

TimHuff
7 - Meteor

Hooray for dad jokes!

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Part I: "A: Because the sea weed!"

Part II: "attackatonce--caesar" (ROT-22)

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LordNeilLord
15 - Aurora

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RWvanLeeuwen
11 - Bolide

Nice challenge!

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I used a normal macro to show it's repeatable (part I), and I used a batch macro to try all possible rotations (part II)I used a normal macro to show it's repeatable (part I), and I used a batch macro to try all possible rotations (part II)

macro for part 1 is similar to part 2:

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part 1part 1part 2part 2
davimariel
6 - Meteoroid

A really good challenge! PART I I resolved pretty fast.

 

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But PART II was a bit challenging.

 

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lmorrell
11 - Bolide

Part I really made my day! Everything else was a bonus

 

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TonyA
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Here's my solution. It could have been done with one horrendous formula, but I broke it up to make it a little easier to read.

JosephSerpis
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Challenge Completed

SeanAdams
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Lovely practice for ASCII and macros!

 

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Simple cypher macro - the method is shown in the first part.


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The Result

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bnelly1987
8 - Asteroid
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Karam
8 - Asteroid

Solution attached. Went for an iterative decrypter.

 

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