# Prompt user to enter a key number between 1 and 26 # output the original string and encrypted string print(r""" _________ \_ ___ \_____ ____ ___________ _______ / \ \/\__ \ _/ __ \ / ___/\__ \\_ __ \ \ \____/ __ \\ ___/ \___ \ / __ \| | \/ \______ (____ /\___ >____ >(____ /__| \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ """) original = """ If he had anything confidential to say, he wrote it in cipher, that is, by so changing the order of the letters of the alphabet, that not a word could be made out. """ key = int(input("Please enter a key number between 1 and 26: ")) if key < 1 or key > 26: print("Please enter a key number between 1 and 26") exit() encrypted = "" for i in range(len(original)): if original[i].isalpha(): if original[i].isupper(): encrypted += chr((ord(original[i].lower()) - ord('a') + key) % 26 + ord('A')) else: encrypted += chr((ord(original[i].lower()) - ord('a') + key) % 26 + ord('a')) else: encrypted += original[i] print(f"The original string is: {original}") print(f"\nThe encrypted string is: {encrypted}")