Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 42

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I don’t get it how to follow this instruction:
Step 42
Now, instead of printing ‘space!’, use the addition assignment operator to add the space (currently stored in char) to the current value of encrypted_text.

Instead of print call I typed encrypted_text += ’ ’

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

for char in text.lower():
    if char == ' ':
        encrypted_text += ' '
    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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It’s kind of the same effect, but to generalize your code you are to use this variable instead of hardcoding a space character.

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I’m so sorry for my mistake.

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