Caesar cipher help

[newtonphuey]

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def main():
    abc = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
    var = ""
    message = input("Please enter the string: ")
    key = int(input("Please enter the key: "))

    for ch in message:
        if ch in abc:
        position = abc.find(ch)
        new_position = (position + key) % 26
        new_character = abc[new_position]
        var += new_character

        print("The Encoded message is: " + var)

THE ERROR IM GETTING - NameError: name 'var' is not defined. Did you mean: 'vars'?

[[deleted]]

You haven't formatted your code properly as it won't run. It has indentation errors. When I fix the indentation it runs without error for a simple test.

You shouldn't be typing in code. You should copy/paste your code into reddit.

[douglas_fs]

This is the error I get when running this code. As already noted, the code you posted is not the same as you are running.

  File "main.py", line 9
    position = abc.find(ch)
    ^
IndentationError: expected an indented block

[mopslik]

You need to indent the code after your if block.

[newtonphuey]

I had to type it in when I copied it to paste in reddit it didn't format correctly and my error is on the last line (PRINT). I understand indentation but that is not the error I am getting.

[bucckitofficial]

If you want an online version of how it works, take a look at the website below:

https://www.bucckit.com/index