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The Alphabet Score
A easy Python interview practice problem on DataDriven. Write and execute real python code with instant grading.
- Domain
- Python
- Difficulty
- easy
- Seniority
- junior, mid
Problem
A game engine needs to compute string scores based on alphabetic position for a scoring system. Given a string, return the sum of each letter's position value where a=1, b=2 through z=26. Uppercase letters count the same as lowercase, and non-alphabetic characters contribute 0.
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