Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 83

Tell us what’s happening:

I modified the print(encryption) to print('Encrypted text: ’ + text). It shows that I have accurately printed “Encrypted text: mrttaqrhknsw ih puggrur” , but it’s saying something isn’t right. Any clarity would help!!??

Your code so far

text = 'mrttaqrhknsw ih puggrur'
custom_key = 'python'

def vigenere(message, key, direction=1):
    key_index = 0
    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    final_message = ''

    for char in message.lower():

        # Append any non-letter character to the message
        if not char.isalpha():
            final_message += char
        else:        
            # Find the right key character to encode/decode
            key_char = key[key_index % len(key)]
            key_index += 1

            # Define the offset and the encrypted/decrypted letter
            offset = alphabet.index(key_char)
            index = alphabet.find(char)
            new_index = (index + offset*direction) % len(alphabet)
            final_message += alphabet[new_index]
    
    return final_message

def encrypt(message, key):
    return vigenere(message, key)
    
def decrypt(message, key):
    return vigenere(message, key, -1)

/* User Editable Region */

encryption = encrypt(text, custom_key)
print('Encrypted text: ' + text)
decryption = decrypt(encryption, custom_key)
print(decryption)

/* User Editable Region */

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 83

Hello! @mlrtym

The problem is with the spacing… 'Encrypted text: ' is right. One space after the :

Eg:

"Enter a num: " than "Enter a num:"

Happy Coding :slight_smile:

I adjusted the line of code to print('Encrypted text: '+text). I’m not sure if that is what you were referring to, but still getting it wrong.

yes but recheck that line of code.

‘Encrypted text:singlespace’+ text

image

results in…

image that space is the issue I guess.

You’ve got this!

we have to leave one single space

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I have to say I believe I did only leave one space, but I reset the browser and completely retyped the line of code and it worked! Thanks for the help

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Great! Keep Going! Good luck :+1:

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I had the same issue here where I had to refresh before it accepted my answer. This isn’t ideal as it will lead students to believe they are doing something incorrectly when they, in fact, are not…

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It had me stomped for hours… The page froze and when I refreshed it, the code worked. Must be some weird glitch or something :thinking:

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