Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 48

Python
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What am I doing wrong ? Here is the instruction:

Next, modify your print() call to print 'encrypted text:', encrypted_text and put it outside the for loop, so that the encrypted string is printed one time.

& My code so far:

text = 'Hello Zaira'
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) % len(alphabet)
        encrypted_text += alphabet[new_index]
    print('char:', char, 'encrypted text:', encrypted_text)

Challenge Information:

Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 48

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Welcome back to the forum @yerabe

This part of the code needs to be removed from the print call.

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Happy coding

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I’ve edited your code for readability. When you enter a code block into a forum post, please precede it with a separate line of three backticks and follow it with a separate line of three backticks to make it easier to read.

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Next, modify your print() call to print 'encrypted text:', encrypted_text and put it outside the for loop, so that the encrypted string is printed one time.

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

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Thank you.

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