Rot13 in Lua

Welcome to the Rot13 in Lua page! Here, you'll find the source code for this program as well as a description of how the program works.

Current Solution

local function ascii_base(s)
  return s:lower() == s and ('a'):byte() or ('A'):byte()
end

function caesar_cipher(str, key)
  return (str:gsub('%a', function(s)
    local base = ascii_base(s)
    return string.char(((s:byte() - base + key) % 26) + base)
  end))
end

if (#arg < 1 or arg[1] == "")
then
    print('Usage: please provide a string to encrypt')
else
    io.write(caesar_cipher(arg[1], 13))
end

io.write("\n")

Rot13 in Lua was written by:

• Alex Gustafsson
• Jeremy Grifski

If you see anything you'd like to change or update, please consider contributing.

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