So this worked for the 1A but it didn't fix the problem with 0A. Help?
You need to open the file in "binary mode" eg:
k,g,c=io.read(),1,io.open(a,"rb")
Ulrich.
Am 24.12.2016 um 08:57 schrieb Creation Elemental:
> Using the following code I have noticed that it stops reading a file if
> it reaches the character 1A (decimal: 26). Then, if it is trying to
> write the character 0A to a file it will write it as 0D0A. I looked at
> the file with a hexadecimal viewer. I also noticed that after it had
> been written as 0D0A, if I ran the file again, it would no longer add
> the 0D as the 0D was already present. If anyone can tell me why this
> happens (whether it is a problem with my code of with Lua or whatever
> that would be much appreciated
>
> lua code is as follows
>
> print("Enter File Path:")
> a=io.read()
> print("Enter Key:")
> k,g,c=io.read(),1,io.open(a,"r")
> x,n,d=string.len(k),1,c:read("*all")
> c:close()
> print("Encrypting (0) or Decrypting (1)?")
> c,s,f=io.read(),string.len(d),io.open(a,"w")
> while g<=s do
> b,e,n,g=string.byte(d,g,g),string.byte(k,n,n),n+1,g+1
> if n>x then n=n-x end
> if c=="0" then y=256-e else y=e end
> z=y+b
> if z>255 then z=z-256 end
> z=string.char(z)
> f:write(z)
> end
> f:close()
-Ken Peterson
A.K.A. Elemental Creation
