A Simple Coding Project in Ruby

encrypt.rb

# Your challenge should you choose to accept it:
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#*   Preface   **
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# Build a cipher to decode the message: "J\\wgdm\x1Ehq\x1D>mlhne-\x1EP`nsdm`dp\x1D,1sg!\x1E9'"   **
# This message is passed as an argument(input) to the encrypt method along with a key            **
# pp is better for testing than puts xD						 	 	 **	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	 	 	 		 **
# program inherently outputs the return of the encrypt funcion by calling it in a pp statement ;)**
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#*       Instruction       **
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# The program should split the string(str) into an array(arr)
# The program should then map each value in the array to its associated ASCII value
# Now the program will rotate those ASCII values based on a KEY
# This key can be anything, so your code has to account for that
# To accomplish this you will need to put the number into an array with each spot only holding one digit: 1234 => [1, 2, 3, 4]
# Then make the key the same size as the phrase by deleting extra values or repeating values to make more(phrase "hello" has 5 letter, the key 123 would become [1,2,3,1,2])
# Then with the key setup you can start the encryption(encoding really, but more fun to say encryption)
# Now lets consider the earlier example for this next step:
#   - we're going to be using the key to change the strings ASCII value
#   - and then we'll turn that ASCII back into letters and output it as a string
# So if we have the encrypt method getting called as such: encrypt("hello", 123)
# hello becomes===========> [h,   e,   l,   l,   o]      (already done)
# then turns to ASCII=====> [104, 101, 108, 108, 111]    (already done)
# the key becomes=========> [1,   2,   3,   1,   2]      (already done)
# the values are combined=> [105, 103, 111, 109, 113]    (not done)
# converted back to letters [i,   g,   o,   m,   q]      (not done)
# and then back to string===>       "igomq"              (not done)
#**************************************************************************************************

require 'pp'
def encrypt(str, key)
	# split string and store it in an array, hint: array equals the string split at each letter
	#   ---your code here---
	str
	# map the array values to their ASCII equivalents, hint: use the map fucntion and find out how to convert to ASCII in Ruby
	#   ---your code here---

	# put the key into an array of integers so that it can be used in the encryption, hint: split the number and make it as long as the phrase(recursion)
	#   ---your code here---

	# create a new array of ASCII values made up of the strings ASCII values added to the KEY's digits
	#   ---your code here---

	# convert the new ASCII values back to characters and turn the array into a string, return the string and you're done!....almost >XD
	#   ---your code here---

end

# BONUS CHALLENGE: Create a decryption method to turn your jumbled string back into normal text!(hint: it's easier than you think!)

pp encrypt("J\\wgdm\x1Ehq\x1D>mlhne-\x1EP`nsdm`dp\x1D,1sg!\x1E9'", 352110212)