Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 43

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Python is confusing cause I’ve done this thing countless times and it’s still not working

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

for char in text.lower():
    if char == ' ':
        encrypted_text += char
        else:
    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 43

yes you are right it’s confusing, at the start. I’m still learning with 0 code experience i started in july, firstly lets look at how the columns affect indentation, if you look at your if statement that’s the correct indentation after a column. Also for in the future tasks, it helps to look back at your code and compare. Let me know if you have any issues. Think it through, google it.

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Look at the example again, and make sure your indentation is exactly the same.

Indentation is how Python knows if a block of code goes with a certain statement. Indentation is syntax, unlike JavaScript where indentation is more for style and easy reading and uses {curly braces} to indicate syntax and blocks of code.

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Thank you so much guys