cicadaTest.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# coding: utf-8
 
#Testing printing out runes for Cicada 3301

message = """\u16cb\u16bb\u16d6\u16a9\u16b7\u16d7\u16e1\u16a0
			 \u16cb\u16a3\u16d6\u16dd\u16b3\u16b3\u16a6\u16c2
			 \u16b7\u16ab\u16a0\u16c2\u16df"""

table = [
  [u'\u16a0', 'F'], 
  [u'\u16a2', 'V'],
  [u'\u16a6', 'TH'],
  [u'\u16a9', 'O'],
  [u'\u16b1', 'R'],
  [u'\u16b3', 'C'],
  [u'\u16b7', 'G'],
  [u'\u16b9', 'W'],
  [u'\u16bb', 'H'],
  [u'\u16be', 'N'],
  [u'\u16c1', 'I'],
  [u'\u16c2', 'J'],
  [u'\u16c7', 'EO'],
  [u'\u16c8', 'P'],
  [u'\u16c9', 'X'],
  [u'\u16cb', 'S'],
  [u'\u16cf', 'T'],
  [u'\u16d2', 'B'],
  [u'\u16d6', 'E'],
  [u'\u16d7', 'M'],
  [u'\u16da', 'L'],
  [u'\u16dd', 'ING'],
  [u'\u16df', 'OE'],
  [u'\u16de', 'D'],
  [u'\u16aa', 'A'],
  [u'\u16ab', 'AE'],
  [u'\u16a3', 'Y'],
  [u'\u16e1', 'IA'],
  [u'\u16e0', 'EA']
]

finalText = ''
for character in message:
	for element in table:
		if character in element:
			runePosition = table.index(element)
			finalText += table[runePosition][1]

print (finalText)