A common modern use is a ROT13 cipher, where the values of the letters are shifted by 13 places. Thus 'A' ↔ 'N', 'B' ↔ 'O', and so on.
function rot13(str) {
let newStr="";
let upperAlph=["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","W","X","Y","Z"]
let rotAlph=["N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z","A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M"];
for(let i=0; i<str.length; i++){
let letter=str[i];
let letTest=/[A-Z]/g;
if(letTest.test(letter)){
let indexOfLetter=upperAlph.indexOf(letter);
let newLetter=rotAlph[indexOfLetter];
newStr+newLetter;
}
else{
newStr+letter;
}
}
return newStr;
}
console.log(rot13("SERR PBQR PNZC"));
Fixed your code, look at lines 12 and 15 I believe:
function rot13(str) {
let newStr="";
let upperAlph=["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","W","X","Y","Z"]
let rotAlph=["N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z","A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M"];
for(let i=0; i<str.length; i++){
let letter=str[i];
let letTest=/[A-Z]/g;
if(letTest.test(letter)){
let indexOfLetter=upperAlph.indexOf(letter);
let newLetter=rotAlph[indexOfLetter];
newStr += newLetter;
}
else{
newStr += letter;
}
}
return newStr;
}
console.log(rot13("SERR PBQR PNZC"));
I would also use map type object instead of 2 arrays:
alphMap = {A: 'N', B: 'O', C: 'P', ..., Z: 'M'};
You can find your substitute letter like so:
let newLetter = alphMap[letter];
No need to match indexes.