Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 10

Python
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Tell us what’s happening:

I am on step 10 of build a caesar cipher using python. The instructions say to 'move all the code I have written so far within the caesar function body’. I have tried writing

def caesar():
alphabet
shift
shifted_alphabet
translation_table

But something is missing - could it be some kind of command that connects the variables together? Or a command in the ‘def caesar():’ heading?

Your code so far


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alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
shift = 5
shifted_alphabet = alphabet[shift:] + alphabet[:shift]
translation_table = str.maketrans(alphabet, shifted_alphabet)
text = 'hello world'
encrypted_text = text.translate(translation_table)
print(encrypted_text)
def caesar():
    (alphabet)
    (shift)
    (shifted_alphabet)
    (translation_table)

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Challenge Information:

Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 10

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Hi. It says to put all your existing code within the new function. Have you done this?

3

I thought I had done this by copying and pasting all the code below the ‘def caesar():’ function. This is clearly not right?

Like this:

def caesar():


alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
shift = 5
shifted_alphabet = alphabet[shift:] + alphabet[:shift]
translation_table = str.maketrans(alphabet, shifted_alphabet)

I’m not sure what ‘within’ the new function means?

Have I missed some parameters or something?

4

These lines are outside of your function but shouldn’t be.

These lines are inside of your function but aren’t lines you were asked to write.

5

Ok thanks JeremyLT I’ve managed to work it out!!