gchqpuzzlebook18.py

print("\n===========================================================")
print("VERTICAL MESSAGE DECODING:")
print("===========================================================\n")
esperanto = ""
for section in vertmessage:
    #take 3 letters at a time and convert to morse
    #join 3 morse letters together to create braille letter
    #if the 'section' consists of 3 spaces, then interpret it s a single space between words'
    #yes. I know this is a bit clunky but it doesn't need importing regex module!
    if section == "   ":
        esperanto += " "
    # 'section' wasn't a triple space, so look it up as a braille letter...
    # using the previous method
    else:
        brailleletter = (morse[section[0]]+morse[section[1]]+morse[section[2]])
    #lookup braille letter
        try:
            #if it exists, add it to the esperanto string
            esperanto += (list(braille.keys())[list(braille.values()).index(brailleletter)])
            #if it doesn't exist, print '?'
        except:
            esperanto += "?"
# print the constructed esperanto string
print(esperanto)
print("\n===========================================================\n")