Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 68

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text = ‘Hello Zaira’
custom_key = ‘python’

def vigenere(text, custom_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 = text, custom_key

text = 'Hello Zaira'
custom_key = 'python'

def vigenere(text, custom_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]
    

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    return encrypted_text
    encryption = text, custom_key

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 68

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Hello there!

You have created the variable correctly and you also have the arguments. However, you are missing the function call. Call the vigenere function and inside it have the two arguments.