Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 16

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text = 'Hello World'
shift = 3
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
index = alphabet.find(text[0].lower())
print(index)
shifted = index[alphabet]+shift

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 16

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How can i progress from here.

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what is index[alphabet] supposed to get you?

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sorry about that,how do i do this

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You need to access the value of alphabet at the index index + shift. You need to write the variable name followed by square brackets and add the index inside the brackets. Again, the index you want in this case is the sum index + shift.

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