Codes and Ciphers

Scytale Cipher

-Type: Transposition
-> Suppose the rod allows one to write four letters around in a circle and five letters down the side of it. To decrypt, all one must do is wrap the leather strip around the rod and read across.
-(Note: make a table and insert there your input, table is based on diameter)
-Example message:
-Plaintext: Hey i was doing just fine before i met you
-Diameter: 7
-H|E|Y| I|W|A|S
-D|O| I|N|G|J|U
-S|T|F| I|N|E|B
-E|F|O|R|E| I|M
-E|T|Y|O|U|
-Ciphertext: HDSEEEOTFTYIFOYINIRO­WGNEUAJEISUBM