Cipher_easy.py

letters = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']
text=input("Enter your message\n").lower()
shift=int(input("enter the shift number\n"))
direction=input("type'e' to encrypt or 'd' to deccrypt\n").lower()
def encrypt(text,shift):
    cypher_text=''
    for i in text:
        old_position=letters.index(i)
        new_position=old_position+shift
        if new_position>len(letters):
            new_position-=len(letters)
        new_letter=letters[new_position]
        cypher_text+=new_letter
    print(f"the Encoded Message is:\t{cypher_text}")
def decrypt(text,shift):
    cypher_text=''
    for i in text:
        old_position=letters.index(i)
        new_position=old_position-shift
        new_letter=letters[new_position]
        cypher_text+=new_letter
    print(f"the Decoded Message is:\t{cypher_text}")
if direction=="e":
    encrypt(text,shift)
elif direction=="d":
    decrypt(text,shift)
else:
    print("INVALID ENTRY")