text="Hello Zaira"
custom_key = 'python'
def vigenere(message, key, direction):
    key_index = 0
    alphabet="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
    encrypted_text=""
    new_index = offset * direction
    for char in message.lower():   
        # Append space to the message
        if char == ' ':
            encrypted_text += char
        else:        
            # Find the right key character to encode
            key_char = key[key_index % len(key)]
            key_index += 1
            # Define the offset and the encrypted letter
            offset = alphabet.index(key_char)
            index = alphabet.find(char)
            new_index = offset * key_index         
            encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]  
    return encrypted_text 
#encryption = vigenere(text, custom_key)
#print(encryption)

I am a new learner in this course and I have followed the step-by-step to level 70 and this level requires me to multiply the offset by the direction in the new_index assignment. I am confused as to where to write this assignment. Can someone help on this ?

please post again your code, indententation is really important and if you don’t show it we can’t see what’s wrong in your code