Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 70

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im stuck on step 70 it keeps showing that its not correct and i should comment the last two and i did and it still shows incorrect

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text = 'Hello Zaira'
custom_key = 'python'

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

    for char in message.lower():
        if char == ' ':
            result_text += char
        else:
            key_char = key[key_index % len(key)]
            key_index += 1

            offset = alphabet.index(key_char)
            index = alphabet.find(char)

            if direction == 'encrypt':
                new_index = (index + offset) % len(alphabet)
            elif direction == 'decrypt':
                new_index = (index - offset) % len(alphabet)
            else:
                pass 

            result_text += alphabet[new_index]

    return result_text

# encryption = vigenere(text, custom_key, 'encrypt')
# print(encryption)

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 70

Did the instructions ask you to set a default value for direction?