Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 27

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/* User Editable Region */

text = 'Hello World'
shift = 3
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'

first_char = text[0]
new_index = (alphabet.find(first_char) + shift) % 26
new_char = alphabet[new_index]
text = new_char + text[1:]

for char in text.lower():
    index = alphabet.find(char)
    print(char, index)
    new_index = index + shift

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 27

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Use bracket notation to access the first letter in text and try to change it into a character of your choice.

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Use bracket notation to access the first letter in text

then

try to change it

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