pub fn rail_fence_encrypt(plain_text: &str, key: usize) -> String {
let mut cipher = vec![Vec::new(); key];
for (c, i) in plain_text.chars().zip(zigzag(key)) {
cipher[i].push(c);
}
return cipher.iter().flatten().collect::<String>();
}
pub fn rail_fence_decrypt(cipher: &str, key: usize) -> String {
let mut indices: Vec<_> = zigzag(key).zip(1..).take(cipher.len()).collect();
indices.sort();
let mut cipher_text: Vec<_> = cipher
.chars()
.zip(indices)
.map(|(c, (_, i))| (i, c))
.collect();
cipher_text.sort();
return cipher_text.iter().map(|(_, c)| c).collect();
}
fn zigzag(n: usize) -> impl Iterator<Item = usize> {
(0..n - 1).chain((1..n).rev()).cycle()
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn rails_basic() {
assert_eq!(rail_fence_encrypt("attack at once", 2), "atc toctaka ne");
assert_eq!(rail_fence_decrypt("atc toctaka ne", 2), "attack at once");
assert_eq!(rail_fence_encrypt("rust is cool", 3), "r cuti olsso");
assert_eq!(rail_fence_decrypt("r cuti olsso", 3), "rust is cool");
}
}