Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 41

Python
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Tell us what’s happening:

I have written attempted to write the if x! = 0: code to replace char == ’ ’ but can not figure out the right way to write it.

please let me know what i am doing wrong, I am new to coding.

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

for char in text.lower():
    if space != 0:
        print('space!')
    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 41

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Read the instructions again. You should check if the ‘char’ is empty (equals to empty space), not ‘space’.
After that, print what is required by the instructions.