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What is wrong with this code? Program says InputTheString (I put it in bold) is unmatched block nest. Please fix this for me. Thank you

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Program says InputTheString (I put it in bold) is unmatched block nest. Please fix this for me. Thank you

INCLUDE Irvine32.inc

KEY = 239 ; any value between 1-255

BUFMAX = 128 ; maximum buffer size

.data

sPrompt BYTE "Enter the plain text: ",0

sEncrypt BYTE "Cipher text: ",0

sDecrypt BYTE "Decrypted: ",0

buffer BYTE BUFMAX+1 DUP(0)

bufSize DWORD ?

.code

main PROC

call InputTheString ; input the plain text

call TranslateBuffer ; encrypt the buffer

mov edx,OFFSET sEncrypt ; display encrypted message

call DisplayMessage

call TranslateBuffer ; decrypt the buffer

mov edx,OFFSET sDecrypt ; display decrypted message

call DisplayMessage

exit

main ENDP

pushad

mov edx,OFFSET sPrompt ; display a prompt

call WriteString

mov ecx,BUFMAX ; maximum character count

mov edx,OFFSET buffer ; point to the buffer

call ReadString ; input the string

mov bufSize,eax ; save the length

call Crlf

popad

ret

InputTheString ENDP

pushad

call WriteString

mov edx,OFFSET buffer ; display the buffer

call WriteString

call Crlf

call Crlf

popad

ret

DisplayMessage ENDP

pushad

mov ecx,bufSize ; loop counter

mov esi,0 ; index 0 in buffer

L1:

xor buffer[esi],KEY ; translate a byte

inc esi ; point to next byte

loop L1

popad

ret

TranslateBuffer ENDP

END main

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