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You can go to https://gitter.im/Codewars/codewars.com and try to open a private channel.

Sorry, I didn't have time to check it earlier. Anyway, your d1 is missing mappings in some cases.

Here is the d1 from one of your failures:
{'y': 'w3', 'v': 'm10', 'u': 'm9', 'z': 'z1', 'p': 'm4', 'w': 'w1', 't': 'm8', 'm': 'm1', 's': 'm7', 'x': 'w2', 'o': 'm3', 'k': 'k1', 'n': 'm2', 'l': 'l1', 'q': 'm5', 'r': 'm6'}
And your code tries to map a b from it.

Just add print(d1) to your code and you'll see on your own eyes:

        j+=1
    print (d1)
    for ch in message:
        st1+=d1[ch]
    return st1

Good luck with fixing it!

A few notes :

• please note the language, they don't all run the exact same test suites
• this isn't an issue, more of a suggestion

Note you can add your own tests cases or just run the full solution.

@vish4luffy, could you please format your code?

def char_incr(i):
  incr=1

...

To increase the readability of comments or descriptions, see this page in the github wiki.

@vish4luffy, I checked the Python solution and it works fine for hamster_me('k','s') . Additionally 109 were able to solve it without issues in Python. It's more likely some bug in your code. Anyway paste your code in a comment and mark with a spoiler flag and we can investigate what your problem is ;)

wouldn't that mean i'm forfeiting my submission for this particular kata?

no

just put it in a comment, use proper markfown formatting and check 'mark as having spoiler content'

My code results in an error

And how do you know it's a kata issue?

Please check my submission

You have to post your code in a comment if you want anyone to see it.