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#How to get rid of Whitespace in my Python Program
valid dune
rocky gobletBOT
@valid dune
valid dune
I have two text files message.txt and code.txt
message.txt has "Hello! How are you?" written in it
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# assignment: programming assignment 4
# author: [Your Name]
# date: [Date]
# file: cipher.py is a program that implements a Caesar cipher for encoding and decoding text
# input: User input from console, file input/output
# output: Console output, file output
# read text from a file and return text as a list of strings
def readfile(filename):
try:
with open(filename, 'r') as file:
return file.read().strip().replace('!','!\n')
except FileNotFoundError:
print("The selected file cannot be open for reading!")
return None
# write a list of strings (message) to a file
def writefile(filename, message):
try:
with open(filename, 'w') as file:
file.write(message)
except:
print("The selected file cannot be open for writing!")
# encode plaintext letter by letter using a Caesar cipher
def encode(plaintext, shift=3):
alphabet = tuple(chr(65 + i) for i in range(26))
ciphertext = ''
for char in plaintext:
if char.isalpha():
i = alphabet.index(char.upper())
ciphertext += alphabet[(i + shift) % 26]
else:
ciphertext += char
return ciphertext
# decode ciphertext letter by letter using a Caesar cipher
def decode(ciphertext, shift=-3):
return encode(ciphertext, -shift)
# An optional helper function
def to_string(text):
s = ''
for line in text:
s += line
return s
if __name__ == '__main__':
while True:
print("Would you like to encode or decode the message?")
print("Type E to encode, D to decode, or Q to quit:")
choice = input().upper()
if choice == 'E':
filename = input("Please enter a file for reading: ")
message = readfile(filename)
if message is not None:
encoded_message = encode(message, 3) # Fixed shift value to 3
print("Plaintext:")
print(message.upper()) # Print the message in all uppercase
print("Ciphertext:")
print(encoded_message) # No need for join or replacing spaces
writefile(input("Please enter a file for writing: "), encoded_message)
elif choice == 'D':
filename = input("Please enter a file for reading: ")
encoded_message = readfile(filename)
if encoded_message is not None:
decoded_message = decode(encoded_message, 3) # Fixed shift value to 3
print("Ciphertext:")
print(encoded_message) # No need for join or replacing spaces
print("Plaintext:")
print(decoded_message) # No need for join or replacing spaces
writefile(input("Please enter a file for writing: "), decoded_message)
elif choice == 'Q':
print("Goodbye!")
break
else:
print("Invalid choice. Please try again.")
solemn fossil
can you post the whole code on pastebin etc.
https://www.pythonmorsels.com/paste/
heady holly
The question is a bit vague, what exactly do you want to remove?
solemn fossil
looks like his pic shows whitespace, he posted code in 2 parts
heady holly
Yeah but replacing whitespace is pretty easy lmao
solemn fossil
heady holly
encoded_message.replace('\n', '')
heady holly
wherever you print it lol
Just replace newlines with an empty string before printing
valid dune
I thought I closed that haha
I am fairly new to this and not sure where to put the method
@heady holly
heady holly
Should be ok
heady holly
What is .add supposed to do there lol
valid dune
what the
Interesting that was not there
Now it works
Sorry I just woke up
But I don't want end= ' '
heady holly
wat
valid dune
I am just trying to find a method to get rid of this
for some reason it does not happen in the first one
heady holly
Probably forgot to add it in the other places where you're printing it...
heady holly
What do you want the output to look like? Ciphertext: "stuff" in one line? Gotta use end or formatstrings for that
valid dune
Would you like to encode or decode the message?
Type E to encode, D to decode, or Q to quit:
e
Please enter a file for reading:
message.txt
Please enter a file for writing:
code.txt
Plaintext:
HELLO!
HOW ARE YOU?
Ciphertext:
KRZ DUH BRX?
Would you like to encode or decode the message?
Type E to encode, D to decode, or Q to quit:
d
Please enter a file for reading:
code.txt
Please enter a file for writing:
plain.txt
Ciphertext:
KHOOR!
KRZ DUH BRX?
Plaintext:
HELLO!
HOW ARE YOU?
Would you like to encode or decode the message?
Type E to encode, D to decode, or Q to quit:
q
Goodbye!```I tried end and it makes everything on one line.
I don't know how that white space came to be
valid dune
Ciphertext:
KHOOR!
KRZ DUH BRX?
Plaintext:
HELLO!
HOW ARE YOU?
elif choice == 'D':
filename = input("Please enter a file for reading: ")
encoded_message = readfile(filename)
if encoded_message is not None:
decoded_message = decode(encoded_message, 3) # Fixed shift value to 3
print("Ciphertext:")
print(encoded_message) # No need for join or replacing spaces
print("Plaintext:")
print(decoded_message) # No need for join or replacing spaces
writefile(input("Please enter a file for writing: "), decoded_message)
It should be maybe in this block of code?
Becasue E works fine
valid dune
Ciphertext:
KHOOR!
KRZ DUH BRX?
Plaintext:
HELLO!
HOW ARE YOU?
heady holly
So then just print them out, does the text contain the quotes?
Looks exactly like the old output to me
valid dune
But there will be different inputs