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// Encrypts or decrypts a given string using the Caesar cipher.
// - Use the modulo (`%`) operator and the ternary operator (`?`) to calculate the correct encryption/decryption key.
// - Use the spread operator (`...`) and `Array.prototype.map()` to iterate over the letters of the given string.
// - Use `String.prototype.charCodeAt()` and `String.fromCharCode()` to convert each letter appropriately, ignoring special characters, spaces etc.
// - Use `Array.prototype.join()` to combine all the letters into a string.
// - Pass `true` to the last parameter, `decrypt`, to decrypt an encrypted string.
const caesarCipher = (str, shift, decrypt = false) => {
const s = decrypt ? (26 - shift) % 26 : shift;
const n = s > 0 ? s : 26 + (s % 26);
return [...str]
.map((l, i) => {
const c = str.charCodeAt(i);
if (c >= 65 && c <= 90)
return String.fromCharCode(((c - 65 + n) % 26) + 65);
if (c >= 97 && c <= 122)
return String.fromCharCode(((c - 97 + n) % 26) + 97);
return l;
})
.join('');
};
caesarCipher('Hello World!', -3); // 'Ebiil Tloia!'
caesarCipher('Ebiil Tloia!', 23, true); // 'Hello World!'
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