Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 95

Tell us what’s happening:

I am not sure whether i’m supposed to change every custom_key to happycoding or only a few, but nothing seems to pass.

Your code so far


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

print('\nEncrypted text:', text)
print(f'Key: {custom_key}')

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)

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

decryption = decrypt(encryption, 'happycoding')
print('Decrypted text:', decryption)


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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 95

Hi @CodeNerd007

custom_key is assigned on line two.

Happy coding

WOW! Can’t believe I tried everything, but this! Thanks a bunch!!! Haha

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