Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 47

[wayne.hated]

Tell us what’s happening:

I am unable to figure this out because the topics related to my problem only give the instruction
my problem isn’t following the instruction i understand it actually but i dont know what calling a function really is

i get thath i have to write at the bottom of the already existing code but what do I write?

Your code so far

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text = 'Hello Zaira'
shift = 3

def caesar():
    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    encrypted_text = ''

    for char in text.lower():
        if char == ' ':
            encrypted_text += char
        else:
            index = alphabet.find(char)
            new_index = (index + shift) % len(alphabet)
            encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]
    print('plain text:', text)
    print('encrypted text:', encrypted_text)


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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 47

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[aaronvincent6411]

in the instruction syntax for function call is given. also u have been instructed to call function caesar . follow the syntax. replace function_name with caesar and put (). u should call u function outside function definition.

@wayne.hated

def caesar():
    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    encrypted_text = ''

    for char in text.lower():
        if char == ' ':
            encrypted_text += char
        else:
            index = alphabet.find(char)
            new_index = (index + shift) % len(alphabet)
            encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]
    print('plain text:', text)
    print('encrypted text:', encrypted_text)

this set is function definition. u have to call function after this. call function

@wayne.hated

def caesar():

u see here def starts. like wise call the function at end where def started.

[wayne.hated]

I’ve failed with respect that i tried following your guidance but i failed thank you for the assist

[aaronvincent6411]

actually it is simple to implement. can u share currently what u have done in the code

[wayne.hated]

I’ve reset it because it wasn’t working
so i kinda just left it alone for now

[wayne.hated]

text = ‘Hello Zaira’
shift = 3

def caesar():
alphabet = ‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz’
encrypted_text = ‘’

for char in text.lower():
    if char == ' ':
        encrypted_text += char
    else:
        index = alphabet.find(char)
        new_index = (index + shift) % len(alphabet)
        encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]
print('plain text:', text)
print('encrypted text:', encrypted_text)

this is where I am stuck I can’t change the name ;
def function_name(caeser())

[aaronvincent6411]

reset the code. after that below function call the function caesar() and share the code. in this way i can help u where u have done wrong

[wayne.hated]

ayt OG i’ll follow your orders

[wayne.hated]

text = ‘Hello Zaira’
shift = 3

def caesar():
alphabet = ‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz’
encrypted_text = ‘’

for char in text.lower():
    if char == ' ':
        encrypted_text += char
    else:
        index = alphabet.find(char)
        new_index = (index + shift) % len(alphabet)
        encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]
print('plain text:', text)
print('encrypted text:', encrypted_text)

caeser()

[aaronvincent6411]

can u share screenshot of ur work. i see some indentations missing. i just want to confirm is the error is because of indentations

[tytywentoutformilk]

aaronvincent6411 is right just be careful with indentations. So no indentation when calling function at the end. Everything inside the def caesar(): should have one indentation plus the indentation they would normally would’ve. I don’t think anything is wrong with your code except for indentations. Just make sure when you are calling your caesar function, don’t use any indentation.

I hope you get it right! Because not gonna lie, I was stuck on this question too!

[wayne.hated]

i would have to apologize to you guys the reason why it wasn’t working was because when i tried to call function_name as caesar i spelt it " CAESER " instead of the actual word “CAESAR”
the A at the end actually was the problem

[tytywentoutformilk]

Great! Sometimes you really can’t notice different when so much thing is going on your mind, so it is good to just leave it and come back with a fresh mind! Glad you solve the problem