Answer to Question #186558 in Python for mani

Question

Secret Message - 2

Given a string, write a program to print a secret message that replaces characters with numbers 'a' with 1, 'b' with 2, ..., 'z' with 26 where characters are separated by '-'.

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Input

Input will be a string in single line containing spaces and letters both uppercase and lowercase.

Output

Output should be a single line containing secret message. All characters in output should be in lower case.

Explanation

For example, if given input is "python", "p" should replaced with "16", similarly"y" with "25","t" with "20","h" with "8","o" with "15","n" with "14". So output should be "16-25-20-8-15-14".

Sample Input 1

python

Sample Output 1

16-25-20-8-15-14

Sample Input 2

Foundations

Sample Output 2

6-15-21-14-4-1-20-9-15-14-19

Answer 1

def main():
    # Prompt user for string that needs to be converted to secret message
    inputMessage = input("Enter string to convert to secret message: ")
    # Declare variable to hold output message
    outputMessage = ""
    for letter in inputMessage:
        num = encode(letter)
        if num != -1:
            outputMessage += str(num) + "-"
        else:
            outputMessage += letter
    # Output the encoded message
    print(outputMessage[:-1])


# Function to convert alphabetical letter letter to respective number
def encode(letter):
    alphabets = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
    for i in range(0, len(alphabets)):
        if letter.islower() and letter == alphabets[i]:
            return i + 1
        if letter.isupper() and letter == alphabets[i].upper():
            return i + 1
    return -1

main()