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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def rc4(data, key):
 """RC4 encryption and decryption method."""

    S, j, out = list(range(256)), 0, []

    for i in range(256):
        j = (j + S[i] + ord(key[i % len(key)])) % 256
        S[i], S[j] = S[j], S[i]

    i = j = 0
    for ch in data:
        i = (i + 1) % 256
        j = (j + S[i]) % 256
        S[i], S[j] = S[j], S[i]
        out.append(chr(ord(ch) ^ S[(S[i] + S[j]) % 256]))

    return "".join(out)