Lucas Raab wrote: > Is it possible to assign a string a numerical value?? For example, in > the string "test" can I assign a number to each letter as in "t" = 45, > "e" = 89, "s" = 54, and so on and so forth?? > > TIA >>> for c in 'abcd': ... print c, ord(c) ... a 97 b 98 c 99 d 100 If that isn't what you mean, you may need to rephrase your question.