Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 42

Python
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could someone explain what isnt right here?

Your code so far


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

for char in text.lower():
    if char == ' ':
        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 42

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space! should be a string.

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how do I make it a string?

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You have to write space! how a string. To define a string you have to use “” or ‘’

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It says to use the addition assignment operator instead of printing ‘space!’?