The decoded message is commonly attributed to Abe Lincoln -- but for the record, it appears he never said it, brah. http://abrahamlincolnblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/lincoln-never-said-these-life-lessons.html

Message Decoding

code = "fx1=ZY&iX3=ZW&hm5=ZU&dg7=ZS&ei9=ZQ&ge11=ZO&tr13=ZM&hh15=ZK&uX17=ZI&si19=ZG&tX21=ZE&Xn23=ZC&hp25=ZA&pX27=YY&dl29=YW&wo31=YU&XX33=YS&XX35=YQ&re37=YO&et39=YM&ia41=YK&wn43=YI&uo45=YG&dX47=YE&so49=YC&ec51=YA&do53=XY&sX55=XW&xr57=XU&so59=XS&aX61=XQ&ph63=XO&ni65=XM&nX67=XK&Xa69=XI&yX71=XG&aX73=XE&ei75=XC&ie0=ZZ&Xa2=ZX&Xy4=ZV&aX6=ZT&Xn8=ZR&in10=ZP&hp12=ZN&Xa14=ZL&os16=ZJ&rx18=ZH&Xs20=ZF&od22=ZD&ce24=ZB&os26=YZ&Xd28=YX&ou30=YV&nw32=YT&ai34=YR&te36=YP&er38=YN&XX40=YL&XX42=YJ&ow44=YH&ld46=YF&Xp48=YD&ph50=YB&nX52=XZ&Xt54=XX&is56=XV&Xu58=XT&hh60=XR&rt62=XP&eg64=XN&ie66=XL&gd68=XJ&mh70=XH&Xi72=XF&xf74=XD"
codev2 = code.split('&')

codev3 = 
codev2.collect do |x|
  #split each string into two more strings
  x.split('=')
end

codev4 = codev3.flatten #turns array x arrays into a single array.

new_hash = Hash[*codev4]

  # take the v from every k:v pair and turn that into a number
  # create a method that converts the range (A .. ZZ) => (1 .. 256)

index_array = ("A".."ZZ").to_a.reverse


dictionary_hash = Hash.new
index_array.each_with_index { |element, index|
    #take the index_array and convert it into a Hash where the Key is the element in the array, and the Value is the index number +1 from the array  
    dictionary_hash[element] = index
}
dictionary_hash

# combine the key from new_hash with the value from index_hash
# to create a hash with key:values where Key = the characters, and Value = the index number

ordered_hash = Hash.new 
new_hash.each do |letters, order|
  #iterate through key from new_hash
  #cross-reference the value from new_hash and insert instead the value from dictionary_hash
  
  new_order = dictionary_hash[order] #call on value from dictionary_hash
  
  #where the Value from new_hash = the Key from dictionary_hash, return the dictionary_hash Value and input that into ordered_hash below
  
  ordered_hash[letters] = new_order
end
ordered_hash

ordered_array = ordered_hash.sort_by {|key, value| value}

letters_array = []
ordered_array.each do |letters|
  # iterate through the array and delete Index 1 from each array within the larger array
  letters_array << letters[0] #pull out index(0) from each array
end

message_array = []
letters_array.each do |remove_num|
  # iterate through the array and use gsub to remove the numbers
  message_array << remove_num.gsub(/[0-99]/,'')
end

message_arrayz = []
message_array.each do |split_it|
  message_arrayz << split_it.split("")
  message_arrayz
end

message_finale = message_arrayz.flatten
message_final = message_finale.values_at(* message_finale.each_index.select {|i| i.even?})
decoded_message=message_final.join().gsub('X', ' ')

puts decoded_message