Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 71

Python
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Tell us what’s happening:

I multiplied the offset with direction and added it to index
new_index = (index + (offset * direction)) % len(alphabet)
but my code is still not working

Your code so far

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)

# User Editable Region

            new_index = (index + (offset*direction)) % len(alphabet)

# User Editable Region

            encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]
    
    return encrypted_text
    
#encryption = vigenere(text, custom_key)
#print(encryption)

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Challenge Information:

Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 71

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the parentheses you added are not necessary and make the tests not recognise your code as correct, remove them