Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 16

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what code should I write to pass step 16 Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher -

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text = 'Hello World'
shift = 3
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
index = alphabet.find(text[0].lower())
shifted='d+shift
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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 16

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Welcome to the forum @Nami

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You declared the shifted variable correctly, however it is not referencing the alphabet string at the required index.

Happy coding

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Welcome to our community!

Don’t change the given code in this challenge. You have deleted the print function.
Restart the step.
The instructions: " Declare a variable named shifted and assign it the alphabet letter at index plus shift"

The variable’s value should be a letter from the alphabet variable at the index index + shift:

variable =  alphabetvariable[required index shown above]

This is guidance.

Don’t use single quotes around the assigned value.

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thank u so much for your help but I can’t figure out the value of the variable I declared .
i tried this but it didn’t work out:
text = ‘Hello World’
shift = 3
alphabet = ‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz’
index = alphabet.find(text[0].lower())
print(text.lower())
shifted= h+3

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Use the variables mentioned in the instructions, instead of using numbers.

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Give us an explanation of what you want to achieve with the h+3?

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they needed to find the letter at index 7 in the “alphabet” variable wich is ‘h’ plus the value of variable “shift” wich is '3 ’ THAT’s why I writed: shifted= h+3

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You have to find the letter from the alphabet variable, at the index: index + shift. The index and the shift are already declared variables. Instead of using a concrete letter and the value of the ‘shift’ variable, you should use as index: [index + shift]:

your_new_variable = variable[index] ... guidance
  • the ‘variable’ is the alphabet,
  • the ‘index’ is given in the text above.
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Thank u so much for your time. I really appreciate your help :blush:

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