Hi Roger, and welcome. See my comments below.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 04:39:27PM -0700, Roger Lea Scherer wrote:
> def encryptor(address):
> encrypted = ""
> for char in address:
> if char != alphabet:
> encrypted += char
> else:
> pos = alphabet.index(char)
> encrypted += encryption[pos]
> print(encrypted)
For each character in the Gettysburg address, you compare the individual
single character "F", "o", "u", "r", etc against the ENTIRE alphabet
"abcde...xyz".
Since a single letter is never equal to 26 letters, you always get
char != alphabet # they are never equal
and so you always add the char unchanged to the encrypted text.
Try this instead:
if char not in alphabet:
encrypted += char
Then once you have that working, write back (with a shorter extract of
the Gettysburgh address please!) and we'll see how else we can improve
your code.
--
Steve
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