BC homework assignment

encrypt.py

def encrypt(character, password): #takes one character, one password string
	result = (int(character) % len(password)) - ord('a') #encryption operation 
	return result 

def convert(password): #takes one password string
	u_list = [ord(x) for x in password] #for each character in the password, get its ordinal version; unicode each character
	result = [] #this will hold each character that's converted
	
	for i in u_list:  #for each character i in the unicoded character  list
		conversion = encrypt(i, password) #convert the current character i using the encryption algorithm
		
		if conversion >= 127: #if the resulting encrypted value is greater or equal to 127, 
			conversion - 127 + 32 #then subtract 127 from it and add 32
		result.append(chr(abs(conversion))) #append the absolute value of the converted character to the list of converted characters
		
	return ''.join(result) #return a string; change the list of converted characters to one string

"""Test out the conversion above"""
print convert('Abort mission. Return home immediately.')