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On 13/01/2011 00:49, Corey Richardson wrote:
> On 01/12/2011 07:39 PM, Corey Richardson wrote:
>> On 01/12/2011 07:35 PM, Cathy James wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I hope someone out there can help me.
>>>
>>>   The output string of my code is close to what i need, but i need it
>>> 1)printed on one line and
>>> 2) reversed
>>>
>>> #mycode:
>>> s= input("Enter message: ")
>>> key=1
>>> for letter in s:
>>>      num=(chr(ord(letter)+1))
>>>      print(num)
>>> #or is there a better way to rewrite it with elementary level Python,
>>> which happens 2b my current ranking.
>>> #Your insight is always appreciated:)
>>>
>>
>> s = input("Enter message: ")
>> key = int(input("Enter offset: ")) # I think that's what you wanted
>> for letter in s:
>>      print(chr(ord(letter) + key), end = "")
>>
> Oh, and you wanted it reversed. That's not hard.
>
> message = input("Enter message: ")
> key = int(input("Enter offset: "))
> new_message = ""
> for char in message:
>      new_message += chr(ord(letter) + key)
> print(new_message[::-1])

It's neater with:

     for char in reversed(message):

then you don't need 'new_message'.