Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 37

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

for char in text.lower():
    index = alphabet.find(char)
    new_index = index + shift
    new_char = alphabet[new_index]
encrypted_text = new_char
print('Encrypted text:', encrypted_text)


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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 37

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Hey, have you tried to do this

Before your for loop, declare a variable called encrypted_text and assign an empty string ('')

?

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