How to run a function in SPE on Python 2.5

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On 23/06/2011 03:19, bill lawhorn wrote:
> I have a program: decrypt2.py which contains this function:
>
>
> def scramble2Decrypt(cipherText):
>      halfLength = len(cipherText) // 2
>      oddChars = cipherText[:halfLength]
>      evenChars = cipherText[halfLength:]
>      plainText = ""
>
>      for i in range(halfLength):
>          plainText = plainText + evenChars[i]
>          plainText = plainText + oddChars[i]
>
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FYI, this can be shortened to:

     plainText = cipherText[0 : : 2] + cipherText[1 : : 2]