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Writing code helped me understand the problem better

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because I could actually test what was happening instead of just guessing.
It made it easier to see how encryption and decryption work step by step,
and I could quickly fix mistakes when something didn’t work.

I had trouble finding the secret word at first because I was only getting
numbers when I calculated the shifts. I couldn’t turn that into a readable word,
so I used the secret word provided by the professor instead. Then I used
 that word in PolyCipher to decrypt the message and check that it worked.
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0. `secrets/secret0.txt` is encrypted using a Caesar Cipher. What is
its secret number?
The number is 78.
1. `secrets/secret1.txt` is encrypted using a Caesar Cipher. What is
its secret number?
The number is 1.
2. `secrets/secret2.txt` is encrypted using a Caesar Cipher. What is
its secret number?
The number is 44.
3. `secrets/secret3.txt` is encrypted using a Caesar Cipher. What is
its secret number?
The number is 59.
4. `secrets/secret4.txt` is encrypted using a Caesar Cipher. What is
its secret number?
The number is 32.
## Checkpoint 2
5. What is the polyalphabetic secret word?
The secret word is "PYTHON".
6. Decrypt this message, which was encrypted using the same secret word:
"EbZhdaV[h^bTpchhQnhig]X[VmhhRP]ftXVnRfjVY]fgtO_X]("
The decrypt message is "The treasure is a worthless ball of aluminum foil."