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Re: Got a tip ?

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• Subject: [mg97887] Re: [mg97843] Got a tip ?
• From: Gerry Flanagan <flanagan at materials-sciences.com>
• Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:35:10 -0500 (EST)
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f[s_]:=First@ToCharacterCode[ToLowerCase[s]]-96/;StringQ[s]&&StringLength[s]==1

Gerry F

Fabrizio wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to write a function that translates its argument (which is a letter of the alphabet) into a numerical value.
>
> f[a] = 1
> f[b] = 2
>  
>
>   

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  • Got a tip ?
    • From: Fabrizio <Tekcitizen@hotmail.com>