Tell us what’s happening:
Getting a ‘RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded’ shown in the terminal
Your code so far
def caesar(text, shift, encrypt=True):
if not isinstance(shift, int):
return 'Shift must be an integer value.'
if shift < 1 or shift > 25:
return 'Shift must be an integer between 1 and 25.'
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
if not encrypt:
shift = - shift
shifted_alphabet = alphabet[shift:] + alphabet[:shift]
translation_table = str.maketrans(alphabet + alphabet.upper(), shifted_alphabet + shifted_alphabet.upper())
encrypted_text = text.translate(translation_table)
return encrypted_text
def encrypt(text, shift):
return encrypt(text, shift)
def decrypt(text, shift):
return caesar(text, shift, encrypt=False)
# User Editable Region
encrypted_text = encrypt('freeCodeCamp', 3)
# User Editable Region
print(encrypted_text)
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Challenge Information:
Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 24
