Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 43

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

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

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Welcome to the forum @rayen1

  1. You should indent the lines of code after your else clause except the print() call.

The console is giving you some information.

Happy coding