python: get a dict of letters and (1-indexed) index

alphadict.py

from string import ascii_lowercase as alph
from pprint import pprint

alphabet = {v: k+1 for (k, v) in enumerate(alph)}
pprint(alphabet)

"""
=>

{'a': 1,
 'b': 2,
 'c': 3,
 'd': 4,
 'e': 5,
 'f': 6,
 'g': 7,
 'h': 8,
 'i': 9,
 'j': 10,
 'k': 11,
 'l': 12,
 'm': 13,
 'n': 14,
 'o': 15,
 'p': 16,
 'q': 17,
 'r': 18,
 's': 19,
 't': 20,
 'u': 21,
 'v': 22,
 'w': 23,
 'x': 24,
 'y': 25,
 'z': 26}
"""