Caesar cipher - stuck on step 25

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Continuing the discussion from Build a Caesar Cipher - Step 25:

I’m having the same issue -here’s my code:

def caesar(text, shift, encrypt=True):

    if not isinstance(shift, int):
        return 'Shift must be an integer value.'

    if shift < 1 or shift > 25:
        return 'Shift must be an integer between 1 and 25.'

    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'

    if not encrypt:
        shift = - shift
    
    shifted_alphabet = alphabet[shift:] + alphabet[:shift]
    translation_table = str.maketrans(alphabet + alphabet.upper(), shifted_alphabet + shifted_alphabet.upper())
    encrypted_text = 'Pbhentr vf sbhaq va hayvxryl cynprf.'
    return encrypted_text

def encrypt(text, shift):
    return caesar(text, shift)
    
def decrypt(text, shift):
    return caesar(text, shift, encrypt=False)

encrypted_text = encrypt('freeCodeCamp', 3)
decrypted_text = decrypt(encrypted_text, 13)
print(decrypted_text)

Yet I get the message:
You should assign Pbhentr vf sbhaq va hayvxryl cynprf. to encrypted_text.

I’ve done that!!! On the line above ‘return encrypted_text’.

Any help?

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Welcome to the forum @tcm692

Here is a comparison of the original code and your code.

The code in blue is the original code, the code in red is your code.
The code in magenta is the overlap.

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It looks like you modified the wrong encrypted_text variable.

Please reset the step to restore the seed code and try again.

You need to change the assignment for the encrypted_text variable that is visible in the editor, not the one inside the body of the caesar function.

Happy coding