I know this is no fun but there is no reason to make people solve the mystery. This should be about programming, not encryption.

I am... confused. Where are the encrypted messages? As far as I can tell there's code showing example inputs to the Encoder::encode() function and a for loop making three strings from the result of the encode. Am I missing something?

C# the solution is in the sample tests area and the sample tests are in the solution area

C#: titles of tests are really poor.

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for testcase "Actual: 0, Expected: 1Nums: [1, 1, 1]" I get a wrong result even though in my own testing I get correct result

Nice kata! :)

I would suggest adding two more aspects to the tests:

1. some longer codes/messages, say > 150 characters, and
2. some codes/messages containing a wider range of characters, say all printable ASCII characters or at least some of the special characters highlighted in the instructions.

I think it's reasonable to expect a decoder to handle both, but currently it's possible to pass the tests with some solutions that can't ;)

I figured how the encryption works, got the dictionary and the formula but I have problems with long strings as my solution includes calculating 2^(positionInMessage)... which of course eventually leads to too big numbers. Is there a math trick to optimize that?

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Only one of the tests is failing and I can't seem to find any difference between my answer and the expected answers. Kinda frusturating but a fun puzzle:

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy developer.

Test Passed
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The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy developer.

The secrecy system has systematically denied

Test Passed
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The secrecy system has systematically denied

American historians access to the records of American

Test Passed
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American historians access to the records of American

history. Of late we find ourselves relying on archives

Test Passed
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history. Of late we find ourselves relying on archives

of the former Soviet Union in Moscow to resolve

Test Passed
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of the former Soviet Union in Moscow to resolve

questions of what was going on in Washington at

Test Passed
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questions of what was going on in Washington at

midcentury. The Venona intercepts contained

Doesn't make sense
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midcentury. The Venona intercepts contained

overwhelming proof of the activities of Soviet spy

Test Passed
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overwhelming proof of the activities of Soviet spy

networks in America, complete with names,

Test Passed
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networks in America, complete with names,

dates, places, and deeds.

Test Passed
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dates, places, and deeds.

Language: C++

Test suit missing the required header std::vector

Solved by figuring out a function analagous to the encoder function and then "reversing" the input and output for each position in the overall string using dictionaries, but I saw some people were able to obtain the encoder function and I can't deduce why my encoder function also works, and also why other people's different decoder functions work? Can someone help me understand?