Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 65

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I do not understand that why is my code still not being able to get executed. I think that I have done all the things which were asked for. Please help me to solve this problem.


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text = 'Hello Zaira'
custom_key = 'python'

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

    for char in message.lower():
    
        # Append space to the message
        if char == ' ':
            encrypted_text += char
        else:        
            # Find the right key character to encode
            key_char = key[key_index % len(key)]
            key_index += 1

            # Define the offset and the encrypted letter
            offset = alphabet.index(key_char)
            index = alphabet.find(char)
            new_index = (index + offset) % len(alphabet)
            encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]
    
    return encrypted_text

#   
encryption = vigenere(text, custom_key, direction)
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print(encryption)



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Challenge Information:

Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 65

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I do not understand what you mean?

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Never mind I have figured it out by myself.
Thanks anyway

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You have not written anything in this part

so the authomatic response reminds you to write your question there

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I’m stuck here too. Any helpful hints you can offer? The directions state “Remove the two print() calls from your function and return encrypted_text.”
So I removed the 2 print calls and inserted:
return ‘encrypted_text’
However, it’s noted that there typically should be a function call above the return request, such as the one provided in the step’s example:
def foo():
return ‘spam’
Not sure what to do here.

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