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Excel Question
So I have this idea to make a password encryption tool which would allow you to write down a sentance word for word. It would take each first letter of this word and change this alphabetically.
Example you have a code which is 4024
and a sentence with 4 words
of each word the 1st letter would be picked
example: The cow couldn't fly
Tccf
the code would add 4 alphabetical letters to each letter then 0 then 2 then 4. So it would look like this
Xcej
But if you would change the code to 8214 the "Tccf" would be different then with a code of 4024
I would like to know it its possible to add alphabetical letters like that.
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You write, I would like to know it its possible to add alphabetical letters like that.
The answer is "Yes"
Now the ball is back in your court. It'll be a good learning experience for you.
By the way, not to burst your balloon, but I doubt a good cryptographer would have much difficulty decrypting a message encoded that way.
On the other hand, I use an even simpler encoding method to generate 4 digit codes for all sorts of things. It's fun to do, but I don't fool myself about it being unbreakable. It's just a neat and not totally obvious way to have a code that works for me for my bike lock, say; but I wouldn't lock my bank account with it. And no, it's not A=1, B=2, C=3 etc.
