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1. Polybius Square Cipher encoder

Text : ABCD efghi
Alphabet25 : abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Separator :
Row Heading : 12345
Column Heading : 12345
Coordinates Read Order : Row then Column


Solution:
The Polybius square cipher is a 5x5 grid-based substitution cipher, that converts each letter into pair of coordinates (row, column)

Alphabet = abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz

12345
1abcde
2fghik
3lmnop
4qrstu
5vwxyz

Plaintextabcdefghi
Text Position
(Cipher)
111213141521222324

Plaintext : abcdefghi
Ciphertext : 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24

2. Polybius Square Cipher encoder

Text : hello world
Alphabet25 : abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Separator :
Row Heading : 12345
Column Heading : 12345
Coordinates Read Order : Row then Column


Solution:
The Polybius square cipher is a 5x5 grid-based substitution cipher, that converts each letter into pair of coordinates (row, column)

Alphabet = abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz

12345
1abcde
2fghik
3lmnop
4qrstu
5vwxyz

Plaintexthelloworld
Text Position
(Cipher)
23153131345234423114

Plaintext : helloworld
Ciphertext : 23 15 31 31 34 52 34 42 31 14





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