def main():
myMessage = 'Common sense is not so common.'
myKey=8
ciphertext=encryptMessage(myKey,myMessage)
print(ciphertext+'|')
def encryptMessage(key,message):
ciphertext=['']*key
for col in range(key):
pointer=col
while pointer<len(message):
ciphertext[col]+=message[pointer]
pointer+=key
return ''.join(ciphertext)
if __name__=='__main__':
main()