caesar.go

// Package caesar is the shift cipher
// ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher
package caesar

// Encrypt encrypts by right shift of "key" each character of "input"
func Encrypt(input string, key int) string {
	// if key is negative value,
	// updates "key" the number which congruents to "key" modulo 26
	key8 := byte(key%26+26) % 26

	var outputBuffer []byte
	// r is a rune, which is the equivalent of uint32.
	for _, r := range input {
		newByte := byte(r)
		if 'A' <= r && r <= 'Z' {
			outputBuffer = append(outputBuffer, 'A'+(newByte-'A'+key8)%26)
		} else if 'a' <= r && r <= 'z' {
			outputBuffer = append(outputBuffer, 'a'+(newByte-'a'+key8)%26)
		} else {
			outputBuffer = append(outputBuffer, newByte)
		}
	}
	return string(outputBuffer)
}

// Decrypt decrypts by left shift of "key" each character of "input"
func Decrypt(input string, key int) string {
	// left shift of "key" is same as right shift of 26-"key"
	return Encrypt(input, 26-key)
}