import sys from lib.vars import alphabet if( len(sys.argv) >= 4 ): in_key = int(sys.argv[1]) in_txt = sys.argv[2] in_alphabet = sys.argv[3] else: print("file.py {int KEY} {string TXT} {string ALPHABET_TYPE}") exit() alen = len(alphabet[in_alphabet]) txt_list = list(in_txt) decryp_list = [""] * len(in_txt) for char in txt_list: index = alphabet[in_alphabet].index(char) index = index + in_key # shift the alphabet while( index >= alen ): #cycle through the alphabet diff = (index + in_key) - (alen - 1) index = 0 + diff # a bit spaghetti but who doesn't like spaghetti decryp_list[txt_list.index(char)] = alphabet[in_alphabet][index] print(decryp_list)