plain = "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~" plainList = list(plain) allEncoded = "528 544 560 576 592 608 624 640 656 672 688 704 720 736 752 768 784 800 816 832 848 864 880 896 912 928 944 960 976 992 1008 1024 1040 1056 1072 1088 1104 1120 1136 1152 1168 1184 1200 1216 1232 1248 1264 1280 1296 1312 1328 1344 1360 1376 1392 1408 1424 1440 1456 1472 1488 1504 1520 1536 1552 1568 1584 1600 1616 1632 1648 1664 1680 1696 1712 1728 1744 1760 1776 1792 1808 1824 1840 1856 1872 1888 1904 1920 1936 1952 1968 1984 2000 2016" allEncodedList = allEncoded.split(" ") target = "1152 1344 1056 1968 1728 816 1648 784 1584 816 1728 1520 1840 1664 784 1632 1856 1520 1728 816 1632 1856 1520 784 1760 1840 1824 816 1584 1856 784 1776 1760 528 528 2000" targetList = target.split(" ") result = list(map(lambda x, y: dict(character=x,encoded=y), plainList, allEncodedList)) chars = [] for c in targetList: chars.append(next(item for item in result if item["encoded"] == c)["character"]) print("".join(chars))