Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 10

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Tell us what’s happening:

my loop runs infinetely how to prevent this , i tried everything

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# User Editable Region
def caesar():
    shift = 5
    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    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

GitHub Link: freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/workshop-caesar-cipher/6810891bd6de8a87a833df42.md at main · freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp · GitHub

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Hi @manas11

Try placing the shift variable below the alphabet variable.

Happy coding