Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 49

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Tell us what’s happening:

what am im doing wrong, i forgot how to make indention

thanks

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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 49

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to indent add spaces at the beginning of the line, you still need to indent the for loop and the print statements

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sorry, how should i indent the for loop and print?

not to sure about the spacing for the code

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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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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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the for should be at the same level of encrypted_text, while the content of the loop should be indented 4 spaces more than that

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alternatively, reset the step, add the function defition, then select everything that should go inside the function and press the tab key once

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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)

hi, im still having trouble…

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the two prints go inside the function too

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