Cryptography I - week 1 homework

import binascii
def get(str):
    lst = []
    for i in range(0,len(str),2):
        lst.append('0x' + str[i:i+2])
    return lst

def xor_hexlist(list1,list2):
    return [ hex(int(x,16) ^ int(y,16)) for (x,y) in zip(list1,list2)]

def show(listNN):
    for i in listNN:
        for j in i:
            print j,
        print '\n'

def show_hexlist(hexlist):
    t = []    
    for i in hexlist:
        t.append(i[2:])
    t = ''.join(t)
    print t

#---------------------
f = open('in.txt','r')
clst = []
minlen = 100000
con = True
while con:
    line = f.readline()
    line = line.strip()
    if line != '':
        if minlen > len(line):
            minlen = len(line)
        clst.append(get(line))
    else: 
        con = False
print minlen
for i in range(len(clst)):
    clst[i] = clst[i][:minlen/2]
#show(clst) 
print '*******************************************************'
#=====
xored = []
for line in range(0,len(clst) - 1):
    xored.append(xor_hexlist(clst[line],clst[-1]))
#show(xored)

a_xor_space = [hex((ord('a')+i) ^ ord(' ')) for i in range(26)]
for i in range(26):
    a_xor_space.append(hex((ord('A')+i) ^ ord(' ')))
#a_xor_space.append(hex((ord(' ')) ^ ord(' ')))

alpha_ascii = [hex(ord('a')+i) for i in range(26)]
for i in range(26):
    alpha_ascii.append(hex(ord('A')+i))
#alpha_ascii.append(hex(ord(' ')))
print alpha_ascii
secret = []
for i in xored:
    temp = []
    for j in i:
        temp.append('*')
    secret.append(temp)
show(xored)

target = ['@' for i in range(minlen / 2)]   
key = ['*' for i in range(minlen / 2)]
sum = 0
for i in range(len(xored)):
    for j in range(0,len(xored[i])):
        if xored[i][j] in a_xor_space:
            int1 = ord(' ')
            int2 = int(xored[i][j],16) ^ int1
            flag1= 0
            flag2= 0
            k_1  = hex(int(clst[-1][j],16) ^ int1)
            k_2  = hex(int(clst[-1][j],16) ^ int2)
            for k in range(len(xored)): 
                #temp = hex(k_j ^int(clst[k][j],16))
                #if temp not in alpha_ascii:
                #    flag += 1
                if hex(int(clst[k][j],16) ^ int(k_1,16)) in alpha_ascii:
                    flag1 += 1
                if hex(int(clst[k][j],16) ^ int(k_2,16)) in alpha_ascii:
                    flag2 += 1
            if flag1 > flag2:
                key[j] = k_1
                target[j] += ' '

                secret[i][j] = chr(int2)
            else:
                key[j] = k_2
                target[j] += chr(int2)

                secret[i][j] = ' '

show(secret)
for i in xored:
    for j in i:
        if j in a_xor_space:
            print j,
        else:
            print '*',
    print '\n'
for i in target:
    print i,