Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 41

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Tell us what’s happening:

i hv to compare char with an empty space using the equality operator inside dafor loop and im pretty sure thats what i have done here but it seems its wrong ig
not sure wht im doing wrong

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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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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 41

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A string can either be empty or have a space inside of it. Which one do the instructions want?

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it says with an “empty space”

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pls helpp

im really stuck tho. idk wht else i shud do
pls help <3

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That’s silly. There is no such thing as an empty space. Look at the string they gave you to use

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At the beginning of your loop body, print the result of comparing char with an empty space (' ' ). Use the equality operator == for that.

copy pasted the exact instructions. “empty space”
plssssssssssss heelp

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Yes. I’m still saying that there is no such thing as an ‘empty space’ in a string. Use the exact string they gave you

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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)

it doesnt work
and the instructions do say empty space so now im really confused
cud u like explain t0 me as to wht im doing wrong?

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You aren’t using the string they gave you. There is no space between the quotes

Ignore the phrase ‘empty space’. It’s wrong

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char == ('')

i hvnt added a space between quotes, ig the font makes it look like tht
and i tried it, buut it doesnt let me move on to the next step

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There is no space between the quotation marks here. There must be a space between the quotation marks. Put a space in there like the string they gave you.

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u just told me to add a space, but idk it doesnt work with or without spaces

char == ('  ')

char == (' ')
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Show me the code with a space added. You haven’t shown any code with the space added.

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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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There, now you’ve got the string correct. But you are missing the other part. You need to 'print the results.

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

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

doesnt work

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Because you did not ‘print the result’. You ‘printed the char’. You need to print what happens when you compare the char with the string holding one space.

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i dnt understand
how do i even do tht the instructions given r really not clear about this

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This says, "compare char to a string with a single space, then throw away the result and ignore it’.

You need to print this instead.

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

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

i thught this was it
but apparently its not