#!/home/maxime/.pyvenv/bin/python3 with open("message.txt", 'r') as f: text = f.read() dec = [" "] * len(text) i = 0 j = 0 while True: dec[j] = text[i] i += 1 j += 6 if j >= len(text): break j = 1 while True: dec[j] = text[i] i += 1 j += 4 if j >= len(text): break dec[j] = text[i] i += 1 j += 2 if j >= len(text): break j = 2 while True: dec[j] = text[i] i += 1 j += 2 if j >= len(text): break dec[j] = text[i] i += 1 j += 4 if j >= len(text): break j = 3 while True: dec[j] = text[i] i += 1 j += 6 if j >= len(text): break print(''.join(dec))