cryptopals/set1/chal1/src/main.rs

////
// Cryptopal set 1 chal 1 : https://cryptopals.com/sets/1/challenges/1
// Run with :
// cargo run -- 49276d206b696c6c696e6720796f757220627261696e206c696b65206120706f69736f6e6f7573206d757368726f6f6d
////

use std::env;

/// Convert Hexadecimal Vec<String> to String
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ~~~
///  let test: Vec<String> = vec![String::from("41"),
///                               String::from("42")];
///  assert_eq!(hex_to_string(&test), "AB");
/// ~~~
fn hex_to_string(hex_char: &Vec<String>) -> String {
  let mut output = String::new();
  // Printing the string in Ascii format - for hexa to Ascii example
  for (i, s) in hex_char.into_iter().enumerate() {
    match u8::from_str_radix(&s, 16).map(|n| n as char) {
      Ok(s) =>  output.push(s),
      Err(e) => println!("\nError decoding char '{}' at index {}", e, i),
    }
  }
  output
}

/// Encode a Vector of bytes to Base64 and return the base 64 String
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ~~~
///  let test: Vec<u8> = vec![0x41, 0x42];  // "[A,B] in ascii"
///  let b64_encode = base64_encode(&test);
///  assert_eq!(b64_encode, "QUI=");
/// ~~~
fn base64_encode(input: &Vec<u8>) -> String {
  static BASE64_TABLE: &'static [char] = &['A','B','C','D','E','F', 'G', 'H',
                                           'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', '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', 'n', 'o',
                                           'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v',
                                           'w' ,'x' ,'y' ,'z',
                                           '0','1','2','3','4','5', '6', '7',
                                           '8', '9', '+', '/'];
  let mut output = String::new();
  for j in (0..input.len()).step_by(3) {
    let mut pad = 0;
    let mut arr = [0u8;4];
    arr[0] = 0;

    for i in 0..3 {
      if i+j == input.len() {
        arr[i+1] = 0;
        pad = 1;
      } else if i+j > input.len() {
        arr[i+1] = 0;
        pad = 2;
      } else {
        arr[i+1] = input[i+j];
      }
    }
    let tmp = u32::from_be_bytes(arr);

    let tmp1 = (tmp>>18) & 0x3F;
    let tmp2 = (tmp>>12) & 0x3F;

    output.push(BASE64_TABLE[tmp1 as usize]);
    output.push(BASE64_TABLE[tmp2 as usize]);

    if pad == 2 {
      output.push_str("==");
      break
    } else {
      let tmp3 = (tmp>>6) & 0x3F;
      output.push(BASE64_TABLE[tmp3 as usize]);
    }

    if pad == 1 {
      output.push_str("=");
      break
    } else {
      let tmp4 = (tmp) & 0x3F;
      output.push(BASE64_TABLE[tmp4 as usize]);
    }
  }

  output
}

fn main() {
  // Test base64 encode()
  let test: Vec<u8> = vec![0x41, 0x42];
  let b64_encode = base64_encode(&test);
  assert_eq!(b64_encode, "QUI=");

  // Test hex_to_string()
  let test: Vec<String> = vec![String::from("41"),
                               String::from("42")];
  assert_eq!(hex_to_string(&test), "AB");

  // Get command line argument
  let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
  let input = &args[1];
  let char_vec: Vec<char> = input.chars().collect();

  // Convert Vec<char> to Vec<String> with 2 hexadecimal chars
  // ie: ['4','1','4','2'] => ["41", "42"]
  let hex_char = &char_vec
    .chunks(2)
    .map(|chunk| chunk.iter().collect::<String>())
    .collect::<Vec<_>>();

  // Convert hex_char : Vec<String> into Vec<u8>
  // Warning: Panic if not base16
  // See this with .map_err if we need to improve :
  // https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2015&gist=e241493d100ecaadac3c99f37d0f766f
  let hex: Vec<u8> = hex_char
    .into_iter()
    .map(|i| u8::from_str_radix(i, 16).unwrap())
    .collect();

  // Convert Hexadecimal Vec<String> to String
  // ie: ["41", "42"] => "AB"
  let input_str = hex_to_string(&hex_char);

  let output = base64_encode(&hex);

  println!("→ Input string is « {} »", input);
  println!("→ Hex String to ASCII « {} »", &input_str);
  println!("→ Base64 encode « {} »", output);
}