Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 50

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You should write caesar as the function name after the def keyword. Remember to add a space after def.

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Hello,can you help me with a problem i have in step 50 ?
I am trying to declare the function called ceasar.


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text = 'Hello Zaira'
shift = 3
def ceasar():
    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 50

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Right after your shift variable, declare a function called caesar and indent all the following lines to give your new function a body.

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you need to write caesar

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