REM *** By changing the key and pattern, an encryption system that is difficult to break can be achieved. *** text$ = "You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know." key$ = "desoxirribonucleic acid" // With a single character you get a Caesar encryption. With more characters the key is much more difficult to discover. CIPHER = 1 : DECIPHER = -1 print text$ : print encrypted$ = criptex$(text$, key$, CIPHER) a = open("cryptedText.txt", "w") : if a then print #a encrypted$ : close #a end if print encrypted$ : print print criptex$(encrypted$, key$, DECIPHER) sub criptex$(text$, key$, mode) local i, k, delta, longtext, longPattern, longkey, pattern$, res$ pattern$ = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890 .,;:()-" longPattern = len(pattern$) longtext = len(text$) longkey = len(key$) for i = 1 to longtext k = k + 1 : if k > longkey k = 1 delta = instr(pattern$, mid$(text$, i, 1)) delta = delta + (mode * instr(pattern$, mid$(key$, k, 1))) if delta > longPattern then delta = delta - longPattern elseif delta < 1 then delta = longPattern + delta end if res$ = res$ + mid$(pattern$, delta, 1) next i return res$ end sub