Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 42

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I did not get this code can you explain the code which can be done easiest method

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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)

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 42

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Welcome to the forum @Shashank2803

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Your comparison is with an empty string.
Try putting in a single space.

Happy coding

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Hi, so it is asking you to replace print (space!) with the value of encrypted_text + char but assigned to encrypted_text (+=) within the if loop. Don’t give up it took me many tries