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

Use this function. It converts a string of alphabet to its equivalent digit value:

def convAlph2Num(sent):
    alphArray = list(string.ascii_lowercase)
    alphSet = set(alphArray)
    sentArray = list(sent.lower())
    x = []
    for u in sentArray:
        if u in alphSet:
            u = alphArray.index(u) + 1
            x.append(u)
    print(x)
    return