Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 96

Tell us what’s happening:

in my code there is no custom_key variable but it shows this variable is present it doesnot pass

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text = 'mrttaqrhknsw ih puggrur'
happycoding = '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)

print(f'\nEncrypted text: {text}')
print(f'Key: {happycoding}')
decryption = decrypt(text, happycoding)
print(f'\nDecrypted text: {decryption}\n')

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Challenge Information:

Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 96

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

You’ve changed the name of the custom_key variable. This is incorrect.

You cannot decrypt anything with the wrong key. Try with 'happycoding'.

Right now the key is 'python', change it to 'happycoding'. Watch as the decrypted message changes.