Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
Ask HN: Need help to Decipher a Line for school assighment
1 points by aviral190694 4177 days ago
ZYEMOUSOUSIZWYIXOKSOTZQSOBSYLSWDKHTMOWARMSKSRRSILISFESWBHSTOISQISRRZWSOIRYRMSOUSIODSTLYISWDKHTMOWAWYEWBYXXYWSWDKHTMGYIATOISQISTSWRRMSYRMSIRSVRTGHKKWYRJSTYSOTZOWAXOZJSMOIARYAYJISONHWDRMHTBHQMSIJZMOWATMYEKAWYRJSAHLLHBEKRRYAYMYGSUSIRMHTSVSIBHTSOTNTZYERYGIHRSOQIYDIOXRMORORROBNTBHQMSITOERYXORHBOKKZOWAJISONTRMSXGHRMYEROETSIMOUHWDRYPEXQHWOWAXONSOBMOWDSOTHXQKSJIERSLYIBSOQQIYOBMHTWYRWSBSTTOIHKZRMSWHBSTRGOZRYAYWSRMHTRMSRIHBNRYAYHWDRMHTGHKKJSRYASRSBRGMSWRMSTEJTRHRERHYWHTWYRIHDMROWARYLHWAOJSRRSIYWSETHWDRMSLISFESWBHSTRYDEHASZYEDYYAKEBN

This is the text to decipher please help if anyone can.. or tips how i can solve this

2 comments

Z is not a space, nor is N. That's all I've got for you, buddy. I can think of some code that would help, but I don't have time to write it.

Were you told that this is a traditional cipher, where characters are substituted 1:1?

Generally speaking, thinking really hard about this (and possibly failing) is going to be better for you than having someone on HN tell you the answer.

looks to me like the distribution of characters follows the normal distribution of alphabetical characters.. i suspect its a substitution cypher