Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 10

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i have tried to work this code and its not working i still have an indentation error please help . This is the code i am writing but it is not working
def caesar():
print(“Spam!”)
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)

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def caesar():
    print('Spam!')
    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)


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Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 10

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Hi @strangeHenry and welcome to our community!

Why do you have this line in your function body?

print('Spam!')
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Hi! You’re very close. Take another look at the requirements and consider whether ‘Spam’ should be printed initially. Let us know if you still need help!