Simple Gematria Converter: dict, input(), list(), for loop,

simple_gematria_converter.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
'''`simple_gematria_converter` module contains `convert()` method which \
converts letters to simple gematria values.'''
def convert():
    '''Convert alphabetical characters to numerological integers.'''
    char_num = {
        '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, ' ': ' '
    }
    text_input = input('Enter alphabetical string: ').lower()
    char_list = list(text_input)
    num_total = 0

    for char in char_list:
        num_total += char_num[char]
        print(f"\x1b[1;94m{char}\x1b[0m : {str(char_num[char]).rjust(2, ' ')}")

    print(f'Total: {num_total}')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    convert()

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