Re: weird strings question

2005-02-26 Thread Lucas Raab 
Robert Kern wrote:
Lucas Raab wrote:
Is it possible to assign a string a numerical value?? For example, in 
the string test can I assign a number to each letter as in t = 45, 
e =  89, s = 54, and so on and so forth??

Use a dictionary with the strings as keys.
string2num = {}
string2num['t'] = 45
string2num['e'] = 89
etc.
Thanks. That's what I was looking for, but was just unsure exactly how 
to proceed.
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Re: weird strings question

2005-02-25 Thread John Machin 

Lucas Raab wrote:
 Is it possible to assign a string a numerical value?? For example, in

 the string test can I assign a number to each letter as in t =
45,
 e =  89, s = 54, and so on and so forth??

 TIA

 for c in 'abcd':
...print c, ord(c)
...
a 97
b 98
c 99
d 100

If that isn't what you mean, you may need to rephrase your question.

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Re: weird strings question

2005-02-25 Thread Robert Kern 
Lucas Raab wrote:
Is it possible to assign a string a numerical value?? For example, in 
the string test can I assign a number to each letter as in t = 45, 
e =  89, s = 54, and so on and so forth??
Use a dictionary with the strings as keys.
string2num = {}
string2num['t'] = 45
string2num['e'] = 89
etc.
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