Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 14

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I can’t understand the Caesar Cipher Concept in python

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text = 'Hello World'
shift = 3
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
alphabet.find(['0'])


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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 14

Are you trying to understand how a Caesar cipher works? Read all about it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/caesar-cipher-in-cryptography/

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If you re wondering about this step, look at the instruction again:

Modify your existing .find() call passing it text[0] as the argument

You are passing ['0'] as the argument to find()

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I also don’t understand that. I am stuck in that step :smiling_face_with_tear:

OH, thanks a lot for sharing.

hi @May-myitzu, please create your own topic to ask for help

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text = ‘Hello World’
shift = 3
alphabet = ‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz’
alphabet.find([‘0’]
what do i do…i don’t understand anything

hi @bhavesh_66 , please create your own topic

If you have a question about a specific challenge as it relates to your written code for that challenge and need some help, click the Help button located on the challenge. This button only appears if you have tried to submit an answer at least three times.

The Help button will create a new topic with all code you have written and include a link to the challenge also. You will still be able to ask any questions in the post before submitting it to the forum.

Thank you.