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You should compare char with a space using the equality operator inside your for loop
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text = 'Hello World'
shift = 3
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
encrypted_text = ''
for char in text.lower():
char == ' '
index = alphabet.find(char)
new_index = index + shift
encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]
print('char:', char, 'encrypted text:', encrypted_text)
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Challenge Information:
Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 40