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It keeps saying ‘encrypted_text’ is not defined. But I did…
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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]
return encrypted_text
print('plain text:', text)
print('encrypted text:', encrypted_text)
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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 49