Updated Python Projects with 2 new beginner projects.

Author: Infinitode

Beginner/8_text_encryption.py

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+# Get the user's input text
+text = input("Enter the text you want to encrypt: ")
+
+# Get the user's encryption password
+password = input("Enter the password to encrypt the text: ")
+
+# Encrypt the text using Caesar cipher
+encrypted_text = ""
+for char in text:
+ encrypted_text += chr(ord(char) + len(password))
+
+# Print the encrypted text
+print("Encrypted text:", encrypted_text)
+
+decrypt = input("Do you want to decrypt the text? (yes/no): ")
+if decrypt == "yes":
+ # Decrypt the text using Caesar cipher
+ decrypted_text = ""
+ for char in encrypted_text:
+ decrypted_text += chr(ord(char) - len(password))
+
+ # Print the decrypted text
+ print("Decrypted text:", decrypted_text)

Beginner/9_countdown_timer.py

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+from time import sleep
+
+# Prompt the user for a time to countdown from
+time = input("Enter the time to countdown from (MM:SS): ")
+
+# Check the format of the input
+if len(time) != 5 or time[2] != ":":
+ print("Invalid time format")
+ exit()
+
+# Extract the minutes and seconds
+minutes = int(time[:2])
+seconds = int(time[3:])
+total_seconds = minutes * 60 + seconds
+
+# Countdown
+for i in range(total_seconds, 0, -1):
+ print(f"{i//60:02}:{i%60:02}")
+ sleep(1)
+
+print("00:00")
+print("Time's up!")

README.md

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  </details>
 
+### 8. Text Encryption
+- **Description**: Create a text encryption function with decryption as well.
+
+- **Solution**: https://github.com/Infinitode/Python-Projects/blob/main/Beginner/8_text_encryption.py
+
+- **Steps**:
+ 1. Prompt the user for text and a password (to be used for encryption).
+ 2. Encrypt the text.
+ 3. Decrypt the text.
+ 4. Display the results.
+
+- **Tips:**
+
+ </summary>
+ <details><summary>Tip 1:</summary>
+
+ Use `input()` for input.
+
+ </details>
+ <details><summary>Tip 2:</summary>
+
+ Use simple encryption methods like Caesar cipher.
+
+ </details>
+ <details><summary>Tip 3:</summary>
+
+ Store the password in a variable to use it later during decryption.
+
+ </details>
+ <details><summary>Tip 4:</summary>
+
+ Print out the results using `print()`.
+
+ </details>
+
+### 9. Countdown Timer
+- **Description**: Create a countdown timer for seconds and minutes.
+
+- **Solution**: https://github.com/Infinitode/Python-Projects/blob/main/Beginner/9_countdown_timer.py
+
+- **Steps**:
+ 1. Prompt the user for a time, in a specific format.
+ 2. Extract information from the provided time.
+ 3. Countdown.
+ 4. Display the results.
+
+- **Tips:**
+
+ </summary>
+ <details><summary>Tip 1:</summary>
+
+ Use `input()` for input.
+
+ </details>
+ <details><summary>Tip 2:</summary>
+
+ Use simple string manipulation techniques to get the minutes and seconds from the provided time.
+
+ </details>
+ <details><summary>Tip 3:</summary>
+
+ Use `time.sleep(1)` to count down in seconds.
+
+ </details>
+ <details><summary>Tip 4:</summary>
+
+ Print out the results using `print()`.
+
+ </details>
+
 > [!NOTE]
 > Working code solutions are in the `/Beginner` folder.