Rot13 in Java

Published on 27 October 2019 (Updated: 27 October 2019)

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Current Solution

public class Rot13 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        if (args.length < 1) {
            System.out.println("Usage: please provide a string to encrypt");
        } else {
            String code = args[0];
            String result = "";
            if (code.length() == 0) {
                System.out.println("Usage: please provide a string to encrypt");
            } else {
                String lower = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
                String upper = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
                for (int a = 0; a < code.length(); a++) {
                    String ch = code.substring(a, a + 1);
                    int l = lower.indexOf(ch);
                    int u = upper.indexOf(ch);
                    if (l != -1) {
                        result += lower.substring((l + 13) % 26, (l + 14) % 26 != 0 ? (l + 14) % 26 : l + 14);
                    } else if (u != -1) {
                        result += upper.substring((u + 13) % 26, (u + 14) % 26 != 0 ? (u + 14) % 26 : u + 14);
                    } else {
                        result += ch;
                    }
                }
                System.out.println(result);
            }
        }
    }
}

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Note: The solution shown above is the current solution in the Sample Programs repository as of Oct 10 2022 15:04:56. The solution was first committed on Oct 27 2019 22:01:29. As a result, documentation below may be outdated.

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