Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 63

Tell us what’s happening:

The task is below.
You will need to increase the key_index count for the next iteration. To do this, after the line you just added and in the same code block, use the addition assignment operator to increment key_index by one.

On the terminal it does not say anything and the hint says this.
You should use the += operator to add 1 to key_index inside the else clause body.

I do not know what I am doing incorrectly. Can you help me please?

Your code so far


text = 'Hello Zaira'
custom_key = 'python'

def vigenere(message, key):
    key_index = 0
    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    encrypted_text = ''

    for char in message.lower():

# User Editable Region

        # Append space to the message
        if char == ' ':
            encrypted_text += char
        else:
            key_char += key[key_index +1 % len(key)]
            key_index += 1

# User Editable Region

            index = alphabet.find(char)
            new_index = (index + offset) % len(alphabet)
            encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]
    print('plain text:', message)
    print('encrypted text:', encrypted_text)

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Challenge Information:

Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 63

You’ve changed the previous line as well, instructions only said to add a new line

I was able to solve it. Thank you.

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