Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 37

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

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

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 37

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replace new_char with encrypted_text

You still have new_char. You shouldn’t change the value assigned to it but its name.