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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)
  • References: <200903230905.EAA27168@smc.vnet.net>

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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