Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 68

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I keep getting the results that I need to have an encryption variable but I have one. I have also tried to define a function call above my encryption variable as follows - def vigenere (text, custom_key):, but I get the same error. I’ve looked through multiple other questions regarding this step with no success.

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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

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    encryption = vigenere(text, custom_key)
    return encryption

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 68

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Welcome to the forum @magenstevenson88

The new variable is inside the body of the function.
Try complelely unindenting the variable.

You can remove the return statement below the new variable.

Happy coding

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