Program For Single Columnar Transposition

Program:

import java.util.*;
class simpleColumnar{
      public static void main(String sap[]){
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.print("\nEnter plaintext(enter in lower case): ");
String message = sc.next();
System.out.print("\nEnter key in numbers: ");
String key = sc.next();

/* columnCount would keep track of columns */
int columnCount = key.length();

/* rowCount will keep of track of rows...no of rows = (plaintextlength + keylength) / keylength */
int rowCount = (message.length()+columnCount)/columnCount;

/*plainText and cipherText would be array containing ASCII values for respective alphabets */
int plainText[][] = new int[rowCount][columnCount];
int cipherText[][] = new int[rowCount][columnCount];

/*Encryption Process*/
System.out.print("\n-----Encryption-----\n");
cipherText = encrypt(plainText, cipherText, message, rowCount, columnCount, key);

// prepare final string
String ct = "";
for(int i=0; i<columnCount; i++)
{
for(int j=0; j<rowCount; j++)
{
if(cipherText[j][i] == 0)
ct = ct + 'x';
else{
ct = ct + (char)cipherText[j][i];
}
}
}
System.out.print("\nCipher Text: " + ct);

/*Decryption Process*/
System.out.print("\n\n\n-----Decryption-----\n");

plainText = decrypt(plainText, cipherText, ct, rowCount, columnCount, key);

// prepare final string
String pt = "";
for(int i=0; i<rowCount; i++)
{
for(int j=0; j<columnCount; j++)
{
if(plainText[i][j] == 0)
pt = pt + "";
else{
pt = pt + (char)plainText[i][j];
}
}
}
System.out.print("\nPlain Text: " + pt);

System.out.println();
}

static int[][] encrypt(int plainText[][], int cipherText[][], String message, int rowCount, int                                                                                                           columnCount, String key){
int i,j;
int k=0;

/* here array would be filled row by row  */
for(i=0; i<rowCount; i++)
{
for(j=0; j<columnCount; j++)
{
/* terminating condition...as string length can be smaller than 2-D array */
if(k < message.length())
{
/* respective ASCII characters would be placed */
plainText[i][j] = (int)message.charAt(k);
k++;
}
else
{
break;
}
}
}

/* here array would be filled according to the key column by column */
for(i=0; i<columnCount; i++)
{
/* currentCol would have current column number i.e. to be read...as there would be ASCII value stored in key so we would subtract it by 48 so that we can get the original number...and -1 would be subtract as array position starts from 0*/
int currentCol= ( (int)key.charAt(i) - 48 ) -1;
for(j=0; j<rowCount; j++)
{
cipherText[j][i] = plainText[j][currentCol];
}

}

System.out.print("Cipher Array(read column by column): \n");
for(i=0;i<rowCount;i++){
for(j=0;j<columnCount;j++){
System.out.print((char)cipherText[i][j]+"\t");
}
System.out.println();
}

return cipherText;
     }

static int[][] decrypt(int plainText[][], int cipherText[][], String message, int rowCount, int                                                                                                          columnCount, String key){
int i,j;
int k=0;

for(i=0; i<columnCount; i++)
{
int currentCol= ( (int)key.charAt(i) - 48 ) -1;
for(j=0; j<rowCount; j++)
{
plainText[j][currentCol] = cipherText[j][i];
}
}

System.out.print("Plain Array(read row by row): \n");
for(i=0;i<rowCount;i++){
for(j=0;j<columnCount;j++){
System.out.print((char)plainText[i][j]+"\t");
}
System.out.println();
}

return plainText;
}
}

Output: 

Enter plaintext(enter in lower case): networksecurity

Enter key in numbers: 31452

-----Encryption-----

Cipher Array(read column by column):

t       n       w       o       e

s       r       e       c       k

i       u       t       y       r

Cipher Text: tsixnruxwetxocyxekrx

-----Decryption-----

Plain Array(read row by row):

n       e       t       w       o

r       k       s       e       c

u       r       i       t       y

Plain Text: networksecurity