Convert alphabet letters to number in Python

Question

How can the following be finished?

characters = [\'a\'\'b\'\'c\'\'d\'\'e\'\'f\'\'g\'\'h\'\'i\'\'j\'\'k\'\'l\'\'m\'\'n\'\'o\'\'p\'\'q\'\'r\'\'t\'\'u\'\'v\'\'w         


        

Answer 1

You can map the alphabet to a list and return the index of each one as per the below :

import string

alphabet=string.ascii_lowercase
#alphabet='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'

#Get the character index , ex: e  
print(chars.find('e'))
#This will return 4