#!/usr/bin/python import sys import re import array as arr print "ch-1.py - PWC #45 Task #1: Square Secret Code." # ---------------------------------- msg = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" if len(sys.argv) > 1: msg = sys.argv[1] print "Original: ", msg msg = re.sub('\s','',msg) msg = msg.lower() l = list(msg) # print "Original: ", msg # print "Letters : ", l coded_msg = "" for i in range(0,8): # print # print i, ":", j = i e = len(l) while j < e: # print "(",j,"/",e,") ", l[j], " ", coded_msg += l[j] j += 8 coded_msg += " " print "Coded : ", coded_msg