def transNum(string):
number = 1
numberElements={
"a":2,"b":2,"c":2,
"d":3,"e":3,"f":3,
"g":4,"h":4,"i":4,
"j":5,"k":5,"l":5,
"m":6,"n":6,"o":6,
"p":7,"q":7,"r":7,"s":7,
"t":8,"u":8,"v":8,
"w":9,"x":9,"y":9,"z":9,
}
for ch in string:
number = numberElements[ch.lower()]
return number
def translate(phone):
newNum = ""
for ch in phone:
if ch.lower() in ["a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p","q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x","y","z"]:
newNum = newNum + str(transNum(ch))
else:
newNum = newNum + ch
return newNum
def main():
phone = input("enter a phone number")
noLetters = translate(phone)
print("The number you entered: ", phone)
print("Translates to: ", noLetters)