Exercise_from_CodeWars

Replace With Alphabet Position

import string
import re


def alphabet_position(text):
    """This function replaces every letter with its position in the
    alphabet."""
    alphabet = (dict(enumerate(string.ascii_lowercase)))  # Creating a dictionary with alphabet
    alphabet_updated = {value: key + 1 for key, value in alphabet.items()}  # Swapping keys and values
    lower_text = text.lower()
    lower_text = re.sub(r'[\W\d]', '', lower_text)  # Getting rid of symbols and numbers
    for letter in lower_text:
        if letter in alphabet_updated.keys():
            # Replacing the letter with its position in alphabet
            lower_text = lower_text.replace(letter, str(alphabet_updated[letter]) + " ")
            # Getting rid of space in the end of string
            lower_text = lower_text.rstrip()
        else:
            pass

    return lower_text


print(alphabet_position("The sunset sets at twelve o' clock."))  
# 20 8 5 19 21 14 19 5 20 19 5 20 19 1 20 20 23 5 12 22 5 15 3 12 15 3 11