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## scytale_cipher
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### Instructions
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Create a function called `scytale_cipher` that takes a `string` and an `integer` and returns a `string`.
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This function should create a scytale cipher also known as spartan cipher. In practice its a cylinder with a
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strip strapped around it on which is written a message, when removed the strip the message is coded.
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Depending on the size of the cylinder the message would change. So the only way to decipher the coded message is
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by using a cylinder of the same size.
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You function should recreate the scytale cipher, the string being the message and the size being the number of
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straps in the cylinder.
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### Example
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message : "scytale Code"
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size : 6
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```console
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['s', 'e']
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['c', ' ']
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['y', 'C']
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['t', 'o']
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['a', 'd']
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['l', 'e']
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```
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output : sec yCtoadle
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size : 8
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```console
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['s', 'C']
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['c', 'o']
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['y', 'd']
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['t', 'e']
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['a', ' ']
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['l', ' ']
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['e', ' ']
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[' ', ' ']
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```
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output : sCcoydtea l e
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### Expected Functions
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```rust
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fn scytale_cipher(message: String, i: u32) -> String {}
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```
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### Usage
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Here is a program to test your function
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```rust
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fn main() {
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println!("\"scytale Code\" size=6 -> {:?}", scytale_cipher(String::from("scytale Code"), 6)));
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println!("\"scytale Code\" size=8 -> {:?}", scytale_cipher(String::from("scytale Code"), 8)));
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}
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```
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And its output
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```console
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student@ubuntu:~/scytale_cipher/test$ cargo run
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"scytale Code" size=6 -> "sec yCtoadle"
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"scytale Code" size=8 -> "sCcoydtea l e"
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student@ubuntu:~/scytale_cipher/test$
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```
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