Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 70

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Tell us what’s happening:

Did I do anything wrong in this code? And what does it mean by commenting out the last 2 lines of code?

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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)
print(encryption)
#Call function back 
#Show it to the screen

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 70

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Welcome to the forum @hmtgian

You should turn the last two lines in your code into comments. Put a # at the beginning of each line.

Place a # before a line of code to turn it into a comment.
Carefully read the instructions as to where to place the direction parameter.

Happy coding

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