Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 50

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I keep indenting but I can’t work out what I’m doing wrong.

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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 50

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Hello @hemas!
:balloon:Hello! Welcome to the forum!

You code is indented too much. Your def line needs to be aligned with the shift variable and everything after the def line should remain just as it is (aligned with the function name).

Does this help?

Keep up the good progress!

Happy Coding! :slightly_smiling_face:

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