CryptoWorkbench/CharGrid.csharp

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace AniNIX.Crypto {

    public class CharGrid {

        protected char[][] theGrid;

        ///<Summary>
        ///Use this to even out grids so that columnar transpositions can be regular.
        ///</summary>
        ///<param name=input>The String to pad</param>
        ///<param name=width>How wide the grid should be</param>
        ///<returns>A paddded string</returns>
        public static String RandPad(String input, int width) {
            Random sRand = new Random();
            int mod = input.Length%width; 
            if (mod == 0) return input;
            char[] pad = new char[width-mod];
            for (int i=0; i<pad.Length; i++) {
                pad[i] = (char)(sRand.Next()%26 + (int)'A');
            }
            return input+(new String(pad));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create a grid from the input and  row length
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="input">The string to make the grid from</param>
        /// <param name="width">The width of a row</param>
        /// <returns>a grid</returns>
        private char[][] MakeGrid(String input, int width) {
            int k=0;
            int y=(input.Length%width == 0) ? input.Length/width : input.Length/width+1;
            int remainingLength=input.Length;
            char[][] newGrid = new char[y][];
            for (int i=0; i < y; i++) {
                newGrid[i] = new char[(remainingLength > width) ? width : remainingLength];
                remainingLength -= width;
                for (int j=0; j < newGrid[i].Length; j++) {
                    newGrid[i][j] = input[k++];
                }
            }
            return newGrid;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create a grid from a width and length 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="length">The  length of a column </param>
        /// <param name="width">The width of a row</param>
        /// <returns>a grid</returns>
        private char[][] MakeVGrid(int length, int width) {
            int y = (length%width == 0) ? length/width : length/width+1;
            char[][] newGrid = new char[y][];
            for (int i = 0; i < y; i++) {
                newGrid[i] = new char[(length > width) ? width : length];
                length -= width;
            }
            return newGrid;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Make a horizontal grid from the input of certain width. Make regular if wanted.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name=input>String to make from</param>
        /// <param name=width>How wide a grid to make </param>
        /// <param name=isRegular>Should random padding be added to make this not a jagged array</param>
        public CharGrid(String input,int width,bool isRegular=false) {
            if (isRegular) input = RandPad(input,width);
            theGrid = MakeGrid(input,width);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Make a vertical grid from the input of certain width. Make regular if wanted.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name=input>String to make from</param>
        /// <param name=width>How wide a grid to make </param>
        /// <param name=order>What order should the columns be populated in?</param>
        public CharGrid(String input,int width,int[] order) {
            // Make a grid first.
            theGrid = MakeVGrid(input.Length,width);
            //Populate
            int k = 0;
            for (int j = 0; j < theGrid[0].Length; j++) {
                for (int i = 0; i < theGrid.Length; i++) {
                    if (i != theGrid.Length-1 || order[j] < theGrid[i].Length) {
                        theGrid[i][order[j]] = input[k];
                        k++;
                    }
                }
            }

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create a string representation
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>representation</returns>
        public override String ToString() {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            // Include a line to indicate height vs. width
            sb.Append(String.Format("{0} {1} ------------->\n",theGrid.Length,theGrid[0].Length));
            // Iterate through the arrays
            for (int j=0; j<theGrid.Length; j++) {
                sb.Append("| ");
                for (int i=0; i<theGrid[j].Length; i++) {
                    // Print the letters as either letters or ASCII codes.
                    if (Char.IsLetter(theGrid[j][i])) {
                        sb.Append(String.Format("{0}     ",theGrid[j][i]));
                    } else {
                        sb.Append(String.Format("A#{0}  ",(int)theGrid[j][i]));
                    }
                }
                sb.AppendLine();
            }
            sb.Append("V\n");
            return sb.ToString();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Return the array for manipulation
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>the array</returns>
        public char[][] ToArray() {
            return theGrid;
        }

        // This is leftover in case you want to debug chargrid
        /*public static void Main(String[] args) {
          CharGrid cg = new CharGrid("helloiamanewcipher",5);
          Console.Write(cg.ToString()); 
          cg = new CharGrid("four",5,false);
          Console.Write(cg.ToString());
          return;
          }*/
    }
}