Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 53

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message = 'Hello Zaira'
offset = 3

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def caesar(message, offset):
    alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    encrypted_message = ''

    for char in message .lower():
        if char == ' ':
            encrypted_message += char
        else:
            index = alphabet.find(char)
            new_index = (index + offset) % len(alphabet)
            encrypted_message += alphabet[new_index]
    print('plain message:', message)
    print('encrypted message:', encrypted_message)
caesar(message, offset)

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Learn String Manipulation by Building a Cipher - Step 53

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Welcome to the forum @s.abdelrahman515

Please remove the single space before the dot

Note: you were not supposed to change the:

  1. variables outside the function body
  1. the string text

Happy coding

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