text = 'Hello Zaira'
custom_key="python"
def vigenere(message, key):
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('hello',7)
#####as i call the function it raises an error message. please help.
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Call your function passing text and custom_key as the arguments
you are passing (“hello” , 7)
and maybe try resetting the code you only need to make the variable ‘encryption’ and asign it vigenere(message, key) with the proper arguments
