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--description--

Wait a minute! You cannot decrypt anything with the wrong key. Try with 'happycoding'.

With that, your cipher project is complete.

--hints--

You should still have a custom_key variable.

js
({ test: () => assert(__userGlobals.has("custom_key")) })

You should modify the custom_key value into 'happycoding'.

js
({ test: () => assert.equal(__userGlobals.get("custom_key"), "happycoding") })

--seed--

--seed-contents--

py
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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)

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

py
text = 'mrttaqrhknsw ih puggrur'
custom_key = 'happycoding'

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