decoding encoding script for pythong

1#novince coder, dont know if im doing this right XD
2EncodingValues = ['q','w','e','r','t','y','u','i','o','p','a','s','d','f','g','h','j','k','l','z','x','c','v','b','n','m','Q','W','E','R','T','Y','U','I','O','P','A','S','D','F','G','H','J','K','L','Z','X','C','V','B',',','N','M','!','@','$','%','^','&','*','(',')','_','+','-','=','#']
3encode = "this"
4
5def encode(string):
6  encodedcode = ""
7  LetterToEncode = 0
8  for i in string:
9    LetterToEncode = LetterToEncode + 1
10    encodedcode = encodedcode + EncodingValues.index(LetterToEncode)
11    encodedcode = encodedcode + " "
12    #still editing this
13  
14def decode(string):
15  decodedcode = ""
16  LetterToDecode = 0
17  for i in string:
18    LetterToDecode = LetterTodecode + 1
19    if string.index(letterToDecode + 2) = " "
20    decodedcode = decodedcode + EncodingValues.index(LetterToDecode)