Tell us what’s happening:
I keep getting an error that says " You should indent the lines of code after your else clause except the print() call."
The Directions: As you can see in your output, when the loop iterations reach the space, a space is added to the encrypted string. Then the code outside the if block executes and a c is added to the encrypted string.
To fix it, add an else clause after encrypted_text += char and indent all the subsequent lines of code except the print() call.
I have indent my else statement, I cannot figure out what I am missing. I know I’m doing something wrong i just need a better hint as to what I’m doing wrong.
Your code so far
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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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Challenge Information:
Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 44