Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 10

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Tell us what’s happening:

i dont understand how its not working, am i doing something wrong?

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)
    text = 'hello world'

    encrypted_text = text.translate(translation_table)
    print(encrypted_text) 
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Challenge Information:

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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Welcome to the forum @romanamamoo

The caesar function should not have a paramenter.

Try placing the alphabet variable at the top of the body of the function.

Happy coding