Aug-17-2021, 09:47 AM
Fair enough.
You said that including the solution is not "good sport".
The fact of the matter is that TS does have it,
but he/she has not confirmed that is was part of the "problem".
Still we have been able to decuce from that:
1) It is plain text
2) There are no numbers
3) most importantly, it is in English.
Without that information, you could be spelling checking until the cows come home.
Therefore ,I suspect that the statement of the problem is incomplete. If you have
the solution, why not use it to calculate the offsets.
(Even frequency analysis is of little use, because the first sentence (I love my Kitty) ,
has more Y than E. And every sentence has a different key.)
Paul
You said that including the solution is not "good sport".
The fact of the matter is that TS does have it,
but he/she has not confirmed that is was part of the "problem".
Still we have been able to decuce from that:
1) It is plain text
2) There are no numbers
3) most importantly, it is in English.
Without that information, you could be spelling checking until the cows come home.
Therefore ,I suspect that the statement of the problem is incomplete. If you have
the solution, why not use it to calculate the offsets.
(Even frequency analysis is of little use, because the first sentence (I love my Kitty) ,
has more Y than E. And every sentence has a different key.)
Paul
It is more important to do the right thing, than to do the thing right.(P.Drucker)
Better is the enemy of good. (Montesquieu) = French version for 'kiss'.
Better is the enemy of good. (Montesquieu) = French version for 'kiss'.