Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 49

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I am asked to rename the variables for text and shift to message and offset in the function body. I change the variables but it does not pass. Thank you

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text = 'Hello Zaira'
shift = 3

def caesar(message, offset):
    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    encrypted_text = ''"
    text = "message"
    shift = offset
    

    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)

caesar()

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 49

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Welcome to the forum @mjb2024

The instructions did not ask you to reassign the variables.
The step wants you to change every instance of text and shift in the function body to the new names.

Happy coding

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