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Catch-22
Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
Can you break this simple code to reveal a quote from Joseph Heller's masterpiece "Catch-22"?
HLNV NVM ZIV YLIM NVWRLXIV, HLNV NVM ZXSRVEV NVWRLXIRGB, ZMW HLNV NVM SZEV NVWRLXIRGB GSIFHG FKLM GSVN.
HLNV NVM ZIV YLIM NVWRLXIV, HLNV NVM ZXSRVEV NVWRLXIRGB, ZMW HLNV NVM SZEV NVWRLXIRGB GSIFHG FKLM GSVN.
Hint
S=HAnswer
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.C is the third letter of the alphabet and corresponds to X, which is third to last; E is the fifth letter of the alphabet and corresponds to V, which is fifth to last, etc.
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There's a typo in the first word, should be HLNV.
You're right. Thank you
Now that it has been corrected, a great adition to the world of cryptography The code was nice as well, good job
I spent so long thinking it was more complicated than it was! I got it though!
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