So I am given this problem:



Add an option to the menu, and decode the following series of messages.

Given:
secret_message=\
"DIIRe_teaa_utmnnh_ei_vetiedesns__g_P"+\
"se2ata_ninbglceele_a_!a!w_bRoIoer_uu"+\
"katnim_in_2tgt0e_h%_le_Pi_caknoneiog"+\
"_gleahea_tr!m!IRo_tel__ueInn,_ei_aet"+\
"Amden_s_dB_P_a2adt_nimbggaeesn_a_!a!"+\
"mIbRy_oe_auugmtnr__iav2tve0een%__g_P"+\
"aecataon_nogecleaeeac!r!h_IR_Iter__u"+\
"eannmmeio_etvtdeehs_:e_P__2aGn_neibg"+\
"ogeerh_agta!e!bR__oeH_uueItnr__iba2t"+\
"em0er_%_tB_P,aca_ton1mog6ale3nea3!r!"


Algorithm:
 A counter will be set to 0
 Create a pair of nested loops.
 The outer loop shall be of a range of 0 to 4.
 The inner loop will be a range of 1 to 5.
 Inside the inner loop, the counter will be incremented.
 Inside the inner loop, print the counter, the value of the outer loop, the value of the inner loop, and the value of
“secret” altered by changing the beginning of the string with the outer loop, and setting the interval of the string using the inner loop.

print count, outer, inner, secret[outer, inner]

Once this is done, a noticeable pattern will appear in the strings.

Now, using your own knowledge and the translated data, write if statements and use string properties and functions to
display the four messages cleanly. This includes replacing all underscores with single spaces. Points are awarded for
following the algorithm, solving the last step, and the corrected output.

Find:
Add this as option to your Menu.
Print out the four hidden messages.



ignore the menu part, but the actually decoding im not sure howto to go about it, it gives some instructions but its a bit vague =/

can anyone help me with this?

so you can enjoy the wait

It's pretty straightforward, actually.

Please keep this discussion in this thread; there is no reason to move it to my inbox.

What do you not understand about the printing? You print the counter, the outer loop's value in the range, then the an interval of the string with those numbers.

sorry about that, im confused where it says

"the value of “secret” altered by changing the beginning of the string with the outer loop, and setting the interval of the string using the inner loop."

secret is obviously the secret message but not sure what it means change the beginning with the outer loop and the inner loop part.

Look into Python iterators. Itertools is a good way to do this:

http://docs.python.org/library/itertools.html

ty man I figured it out!!!!

if anyone is curious the output this this :



This post was edited by Shamx on Sep 27 2012 09:18pm

Good job. Mind sharing your code?

Sure