Refactor as function.

challenge3.py

@@ -1,33 +1,38 @@
 # single-byte xor cipher
 from binascii import unhexlify
-hexed = "1b37373331363f78151b7f2b783431333d78397828372d363c78373e783a393b3736"
-unHexed = unhexlify(hexed)
-alphabet = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z']
-
-# generate a dict of possible answers and their decryption keys
-tableOfPossibleAnswers = {}
-for code in range(256):
-    possibleAnswer = ''.join(chr(byte ^ code) for byte in unHexed)
-    if possibleAnswer.isprintable():
-        tableOfPossibleAnswers[code] = possibleAnswer
-
-# weight the answers using a simple english alphabet list
-weightedCodes = {}
-for key,value in tableOfPossibleAnswers.items():
-    weightedCodes[value] = 0
-    for letter in alphabet:
-        if letter in value:
-            weightedCodes[value] += 1
-
-# find the highest value and return it and its corresponding key
-maxValue = max(weightedCodes.values())
-answerValue = []
-for key in weightedCodes:
-    if weightedCodes[key] == maxValue:
-        answerValue = key
-
-# now i need to use that to key into the original tableOfPossibleAnswers to return the answer and the decryption key.
-
-for key,value in tableOfPossibleAnswers.items():
-    if tableOfPossibleAnswers[key] == answerValue:
-        print(key, tableOfPossibleAnswers[key])
+
+
+def xor_SingleByte(hexed):
+    alphabet = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z']
+    unHexed = unhexlify(hexed)
+    # generate a dict of possible answers and their decryption keys
+    
+    tableOfPossibleAnswers = {}
+    for code in range(256):
+        possibleAnswer = ''.join(chr(byte ^ code) for byte in unHexed)
+        if possibleAnswer.isprintable():
+            tableOfPossibleAnswers[code] = possibleAnswer
+
+    # weight the answers using a simple english alphabet list
+    weightedCodes = {}
+    for key,value in tableOfPossibleAnswers.items():
+        weightedCodes[value] = 0
+        for letter in alphabet:
+            if letter in value:
+                weightedCodes[value] += 1
+
+    # find the highest value and return it and its corresponding key
+    maxValue = max(weightedCodes.values())
+    answerValue = []
+    for key in weightedCodes:
+        if weightedCodes[key] == maxValue:
+            answerValue = key
+
+    # now i need to use that to key into the original tableOfPossibleAnswers to return the answer and the decryption key.
+
+    for key,value in tableOfPossibleAnswers.items():
+        if tableOfPossibleAnswers[key] == answerValue:
+            print(key, tableOfPossibleAnswers[key])
+
+
+xor_SingleByte("1b37373331363f78151b7f2b783431333d78397828372d363c78373e783a393b3736")