import string key = 5 clearText = "Veni vidi vici" print(clearText) ciphertext = "" for letter in clearText.upper(): index = string.ascii_uppercase.find(letter) if index != -1: # -1 means not found, "!=" means not equal (ungleich) cIndex = (index + key) % 26 letter = string.ascii_uppercase[cIndex] ciphertext = ciphertext + letter print(ciphertext)