Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 37

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Tell us what’s happening:

text = ‘Hello World’
shift = 3
alphabet = ‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz’
encrypted_text = ‘’

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

Can anyone check and tell me why this code is not getting passed?

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

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

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 37

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Found the bug!

In Step 37 read the instructions closely.
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The image instructs you to code (on line 12):

print('char:', char, 'encrypted text:',  encrypted_text)

But you coded this:

print('char:', char, 'encrypted_text:', encrypted_text)

Reasoning: It asks you to write the string ‘encrypted text:’, not ‘encrypted_text:’ according to the instruction.

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Think about this, at the end of the for loop, when the print statement runs, is the string when printed exactly as intended ? Could there be a typo ? Check the instructions again. Good luck!

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I had simillar issue. I corrected it but in my opinion my wrong solution wasn’t significant to set my answer as bad.

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It is great that you solved the challenge, but instead of posting your full working solution, it is best to stay focused on answering the original poster’s question(s) and help guide them with hints and suggestions to solve their own issues with the challenge. How to Help Someone with Their Code Using the Socratic Method

We are trying to cut back on the number of spoiler solutions found on the forum and instead focus on helping other campers with their questions and definitely not posting full working solutions.