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decoder.py

+import random
+
+password = "apuzaazle"
+
+
+def print_key():
+    print(
+        1,
+        "",
+        2,
+        "",
+        3,
+        "",
+        4,
+        "",
+        5,
+        "",
+        6,
+        "",
+        7,
+        "",
+        8,
+        "",
+        9,
+        "",
+        10,
+        11,
+        12,
+        13,
+        14,
+        15,
+        16,
+        17,
+        18,
+        19,
+        20,
+        21,
+        22,
+        23,
+        24,
+        25,
+        26,
+    )
+    print(
+        "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 ",
+    )
+
+
+def function_guessing(encoded_word, function):
+    print("Figure out the function to decode the password")
+    print("This is the encoded password: ", encoded_word)
+
+    print(function)
+    function_guess = 0
+    for i in range(5, 0, -1):
+        run = True
+        while run:
+            try:
+                function_guess = int(input("Guess a number between -26 and 26: "))
+                run = False
+            except ValueError:
+                print("Enter an integer between -26 and 26")
+
+        if function_guess > function:
+            print("Lower")
+        elif function_guess < function:
+            print("Higher")
+        else:
+            return True
+        print("You have", i, "guesses left")
+
+    return False
+
+
+def decode(encoded_word):
+    # Allows for 2 attemps in case the user typo or mistake
+    for j in range(2):
+        print(
+            "The function you have found will be how many places in the alphabet is added to or subracted from the non-encoded password"
+        )
+        print("This is the encoded password: ", encoded_word)
+        print_key()
+        guess = input("Guess the password: ")
+        if guess == password:
+            print("CORRECT")
+            break
+        # Needs to make sure the user knows they have one more try or if they have just failed
+        else:
+            if j == 0:
+                print("One more try!")
+            else:
+                print("FAIL")
+
+
+def function_setter():
+    """Returns the randomly generated number to act as the function"""
+    # Needed to have 2 seperate random number generators for negative and positive numbers as it is not continuous
+    # And also needed to randomly choose if the function is negative or positive
+    negpos = random.randint(0, 1)
+    if negpos:
+        return random.randint(3, 23)
+    else:
+        return random.randint(-23, -3)
+    
+
+def encode(function):
+    """Returns a string that seems like a jumble of random letter"""
+    # Creating a list with the corresponding place in the alphabet of each letter in the word
+    nums_of_chars = []
+    for char in password:
+        num = ord(char) - 96
+        nums_of_chars.append(num)
+
+    # Creates a list, where each item is a letter in the now encoded word
+    encoded_list = []
+    for item in nums_of_chars:
+        # This ensures that when going above 26, it goes back to 1 again and when going below 1 it goes to 26
+        num = (item + function) % 26
+        if num == 0:
+            num = 26
+        encoded_list.append(chr(num + 96))
+
+    # converts the list of the encoded word to a string
+    encoded = ""
+    for item in encoded_list:
+        encoded += item
+
+    return encoded
+
+
+def decoder_puzzle():
+    """
+    Runs the decoding loop, currently allowing for an infinite amount of trys to guess the function
+    """
+    for c in range(2, -1, -1):
+        function = function_setter()
+        encoded_word = encode(function)
+        # function = -(function)
+        correct = function_guessing(encoded_word, function)
+        if correct:
+            print("That is the function!")
+            break
+        else:
+            if c == 0:
+                print("You Failed")
+            else:
+                print("You have", c, "more chances!")
+
+    if correct:
+        decode(encoded_word)
+    else:
+        return False
+    return True