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--description--

The newline character \n is a special sequence used to represent a new line. You can write a backslash \ followed by an n as a normal sequence of characters in a string and it will be replaced by a new line in the output when the program runs.

Put a newline character at the beginning of your first print call and see the output.

--hints--

You should modify your first print call into print(f'\nEncrypted text: {text}').

js
({ test: () => assert.match(code, /^print\s*\(\s*f("|')\\nEncrypted\stext:\s\{\s*text\s*\}\1\s*\)/m) })

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--seed-contents--

py
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)
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print(f'Encrypted text: {text}')
print(f'Key: {custom_key}')
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#decryption = decrypt(encryption, custom_key)
#print(decryption)