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Unspecified syntax error
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def vigenere_encode(message, key):
    encoded= ''
    for c in range(len(message)):
        msg_char_index=alpha.index(message[c])
        key_char_index=alpha.index(key[(i% len(key))]
        enc_index=(msg_char_index + key_char_index)%(len(alpha))
        encoded += alpha[enc_index]]
Error:
(user info), line 29 enc_index=(msg_char_index + key_char_index)%(len(alpha)) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax]
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(Oct-24-2020, 11:09 PM)hhydration Wrote: key_char_index=alpha.index(key[(i% len(key))]

It is the line before the error. A "close parenthesis" ")" is missing.
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