Puzzle solving

solveit.py

a = 'welldone'
b = 'tinyurl.com'

def get_letter_for_number(n):
  """ Return the alphabet letter for index n

  >>> get_letter_for_number(1)
  a

  >>> get_letter_for_number(26)
  z
  """

  n = int(n)
  assert 1 <= n <= 26, "%s is out of range" % n
  return chr(n + 96)

def A(*args):
  """ Convert stuff into strings

  >>> A(3, 1, 20)
  cat

  >>> A("3-1-20")
  cat

  >>> A(301020)
  cat
  """

  if len(args) == 1:
    if isinstance(args[0], str):
      number_list = args[0].split('-')
    elif isinstance(args[0], int):
      number_list = str(args[0]).split('0')
    else:
      print "Error parsing input", args
  else:
    number_list = args

  return ''.join(map(get_letter_for_number, number_list))

def I(*args):
  """ Concatenate args with /

  >>> I("welldone", "tinyurl.com")
  tinyurl.com/welldone
  """

  return '/'.join(map(str, args[::-1]))

def N(x):
  return I(x, p, b)

def minus(a, b):
  """ Remove exactly one copy of each character in string b from string a

  >>> minus('cat', 'at')
  c

  >>> minus('hello', 'ol')
  hel
  """

  for c in b:
    a = a.replace(c, '', 1)

  return a

#########################

m = 83
f = 77
e = 5
g = 22

c = (m+e) - f
d = g/c
h = e-d
i = f/c

j = (d**d*c*(g+i)+1)*d*h**d*i+1

print j

############################

w = A("1-16-15-19-20-1-19-25")
v = A("9-19")
k = '-'.join([w, v])

print I(k, b) # http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/numbers.php

p = A(j)

############################

l = '-'.join([w, p, v])

print I(l, b) # -> http://anagram-solver.net/

q = minus(w + p, v)

s = N(q)

print s

# apotasypc -> anagram-solver.net -> copypasta