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Polybius Cipher

Encrypts or decrypts a message using the Polybius cipher.

Source library: secretpy

Historical Context

The Polybius square, also known as the Polybius checkerboard, is a device invented by the ancient Greeks Cleoxenus and Democleitus, and made famous by the historian and scholar Polybius.

How it Works

The Polybius cipher is a substitution cipher that uses a grid to represent the letters of the alphabet. Each letter is replaced by its coordinates in the grid.

Parameters

• text: The message to encrypt or decrypt.
• alphabet: The alphabet to use for the cipher. Can be a string of characters or a predefined alphabet from secretpy.alphabets.
• key: The key for the cipher.
• mode: Whether to encrypt or decrypt the message.
• keep_formatting: Whether to keep the original formatting of the message.