@SuppressWarnings("static-access") public static void main(String[] args) { TextIO reader = new TextIO(); reader.readFile("encodedFile.in"); int numOfLines = reader.getInt(); String string = ""; String finish = ""; // System.out.println(numOfLines); // char c = 'A'; // int b = (int) c; // System.out.println(b + " casting"); while (numOfLines != -1) { numOfLines--; string = reader.getlnString(); for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) { char cahar = string.charAt(i); // System.out.println(cahar); int intcar = (int) cahar; int correctint = intcar - 1; char correctchar = (char) correctint; // System.out.println(correctchar); finish += correctchar; } } // System.out.println(string); System.out.println(finish); }