Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 10

Python
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Tell us what’s happening:

I dont understand what is happening here. Please help

It says its wrong and im not sure why.

Your code so far


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

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Challenge Information:

Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 10

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Hi @nsteele1298 and welcome to our community!

You have an extra print call in the function body, which is causing your code to fail. Otherwise, it’s correct.

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i dont understand i am going through the same issue

def caesar():
     print('caesar')
 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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remember the meaning of indentation

also please create your own topic for your questions