Scientific computation on python step 50

Python
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Hello there, pls i need some help, it keep raising the error message that i need to use the def keyword to define a function but it looks like i followed the steps exactly as it was given

my code:

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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Please post a link to the Step. Thanks

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Careful with your indentation. Indentation is syntax in Python and so vitally important.

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Everything here has different/incorrect indentations.

Clean that up and see what you get.

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pls take a look at it again

I have indented the lines to the best of my knowledge, i still get the error message, pls tell me what i am doing wrong

a brief on my thought process here is i have indented the whole lines after the defined function , however i have indented the lines after the for loop and then at the print call i have moved out to join the outer indentation to ensure my print is on one line.
so please tell me what i have done wrong here?
i suspect it might be something else because i can’t say its the def function syntax because it looks good to me however the error message still points to that

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I can’t look at your code, I copied it from here and into the editor to examine it. You can copy/paste your updated code here though and I’ll take a look.

The hints aren’t always accurate bc it’s hard to account for every possible error. You can open the console (button on the upper left) which might give you more clues.

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i have gotten it finally, thanks

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what did you do differently, I am stuck?

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Please open a new topic and share your code, thanks!

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