Bug_Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 38

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I’m following the instructions exactly and the prompt is throwing an error. Please fix this or explain to me what is wrong.

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text = 'Hello World'
shift = 3
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
encrypted_text = ''

for char in text.lower():
    index = alphabet.find(char)    
    new_index = index + shift
    encrypted_text = alphabet[new_index]
    print('char:', char, 'encrypted_text:', encrypted_text)

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 38

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I’ve provided everything needed… what does this even mean?

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Hello!

Don’t mind the bot. It’s there to remind students that forget to ask a question, but often it gets it wrong.

You have just one error in your code: The string in the print call goes without an underscore, it’s there to print out “encrypted text” on the screen.

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