Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 19

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My if state doesnt work and i followed it to the key even watching some videos and doing research on step 19 of building the caesar cipher

Your code so far

def caesar(text, shift):
    if not isinstance(shift, int):
        return 'Shift must be an integer value.'
# User Editable Region
    if shift > 1:
        return 'Shift must be a positive integer.'
# User Editable Region

    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    shifted_alphabet = alphabet[shift:] + alphabet[:shift]
    translation_table = str.maketrans(alphabet + alphabet.upper(), shifted_alphabet + shifted_alphabet.upper())
    return text.translate(translation_table)

encrypted_text = caesar('freeCodeCamp', 3)
print(encrypted_text)

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Challenge Information:

Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 19

GitHub Link: freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/workshop-caesar-cipher/6819c7beb4a8289c2b4f24d5.md at main · freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp · GitHub

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Welcome to the forum @Civa,

create another if statement that checks if shift is less than 1

Your code is checking if shift is greater than 1, not less than 1.

Hope that helps.