Crypto 100 - text2numbers

Writer: Jacob Edelman

In order to make text more easily encrypted, it is essential to transform it into some sort of numeric state. A simple way to do this is by taking letters, transforming them into numbers by their place in the alphabet ( a -> 1, b -> 2, c -> 3, and so on), “ ” going to 27, and “_” going to 28. For instance, the string “bad ” would go to the numbers (2,1,4,27). A program to automate this will make things vastly easier for you. Can you decrypt the flag?

(23, 5, 12, 12, 27, 20, 8, 5, 27, 6, 12, 1, 7, 27, 9, 19, 27, 8, 9, 4, 4, 5, 14, 27, 8, 5, 18, 5, 27, 2, 21, 20, 27, 6, 9, 18, 19, 20, 27, 23, 5, 27, 8, 1, 22, 5, 27, 19, 15, 13, 5, 27, 20, 5, 24, 20, 27, 20, 15, 27, 3, 15, 14, 6, 21, 19, 5, 27, 25, 15, 21, 27, 14, 15, 23, 27, 20, 8, 5, 27, 6, 12, 1, 7, 27, 9, 19, 27, 9, 14, 27, 6, 1, 3, 20, 27, 19, 5, 3, 18, 5, 20, 19, 28, 1, 18, 5, 28, 8, 9, 4, 4, 5, 14, 28, 9, 14, 28, 20, 8, 9, 19, 28, 12, 9, 19, 20, 27, 4, 15, 14, 20, 27, 9, 14, 3, 12, 21, 4, 5, 27, 20, 8, 5, 27, 16, 1, 18, 20, 19, 27, 20, 8, 1, 20, 27, 1, 18, 5, 27, 19, 5, 16, 5, 18, 1, 20, 5, 4, 27, 23, 9, 20, 8, 27, 19, 16, 1, 3, 5, 19)