The secret message says:
BOOK
Letter by letter
| Secret letter | L | P | Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real letter | O | K | B |
Decode it with Python
This program does the decoding for you. Change the secret and the code to crack other messages!
secret = "YLLP"
message = ""
for letter in secret:
if letter.isalpha():
position = ord(letter) - ord("A")
message = message + chr(ord("Z") - position)
else:
message = message + letter
print(message)When you run it, it prints:
BOOK
Did you know? The mirror code is thousands of years old. It was first used with the Hebrew alphabet, where the first letter swaps with the last, the second with the second-to-last, and so on.