Secret Code Translator

You're developing a secret messaging app for your friends. Create a program that converts text messages into their ASCII decimal values and back again.

Hints

Use Python's ord() function to convert a character to its ASCII value
Use chr() to convert an ASCII value back to a character
Try storing the decimal values in a list. A list in python is a collection of items which can be of different types. You can store any type of data in a list, such as integers, strings, floats, etc.
```
# List example
my_list = [1, 2, 3, "hello", 4.5]
for item in my_list:
    print(item)
```

Before You Begin

The boilerplate code has been provided for you. Open the file src/datatypes/translator.py in vscode. You will need to implement two functions: text_to_decimal() and decimal_to_text().

The first function should take a string as input and return a list of integers representing the ASCII values of each character in the string.

The second function should take a list of integers as input and return a string that is the concatenation of the characters represented by those ASCII values.

How to test

Run your program with python translator.py.

Try changing the function calls in the if __name__ == "__main__": block and see if it works as expected.

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Test with a secret message
    secret = text_to_decimal("Hi, my name is Slim Shady!")
    print(secret)
    decoded = decimal_to_text(secret)
    print(decoded)

How to Submit

From github desktop or the command line, commit your changes and push them to your repository.

Codespaces

If you are using codespaces, you can commit your changes directly from the Codespace interface. Click on the Source Control icon in the left sidebar, then click on the "..." button and select "Commit to main". Enter a commit message and click "Commit".

Codespace terminal or your local terminal.

Note

You will need to have installed git-scm for this to work locally

At the /datatypes $ prompt in your terminal:

git add -A

Add all changed files in the repository to be committed

git commit -m "your message here"

Commit all changes in the REPO with the comment “your message here“ note: If the file is not complete, adjust the comment to describes what is being committed

Note

Remember to replace "your message here" with a meaningful commit message that describes your changes.

git push

Push all changes to the repo.