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

kat
12 - Quasar

I noticed that I made a mistake on my original submission... Completely ignored the uppercase/lowercase difference. 

 

Here is a streamlined and revised version.

 

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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

I approached Part II.  I presumed that you wanted a macro solution and instead approached this with generate rows.

 

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AttackAtOnce--Ceasar

Cheers,

 

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Wouter
8 - Asteroid

That was fun! Here's my solution:

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PStan
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

This was a fun one to keep refining and building on!

 

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Started with an iterative macro to run through the 25 possibilities and allow the user to manually select the correct answer. Then added another standard macro layer to give the option of providing the shift value if you have it, or running all options if you don't. And the macro icon was an easy choice :) 

Option 1:
C163_PS1.PNG

Option 2:
C163_PS2.PNG

Process to convert the characters for each shift value:
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tntner
7 - Meteor

I am uploading after a trial by referring the other answer.

 

This is good example of using Macro.

 

Will keep in mind for my future workflow :)

cgoodman3
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

Here's my solution. I used a batch macro to work through the 26 potential shift keys.

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Chris
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PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Very fun. Hail, Caesar.

 

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Challenge 163 - Capture.PNG
hfanda73
8 - Asteroid

my simple solution without any fancy macro

Kenda
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula
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Similar solutions for both part 1 and 2.. nothing fancy but gets the answers

Capture.PNG
MConidaris
7 - Meteor