Alphabetic Telephone Number Translator
Many companies use telephone numbers like 555-GET-FOOD so the number is easier for their customers to remember. On a standard telephone, the alphabetic letters are mapped to numbers in the following fashion:
A, B, and C 2 D, E, and F 3 G, H, and I 4 J, K, and L 5 M, N, and O 6 P, Q, R, and S 7 T, U, and V 8 W, X, Y, and Z 9
Write a program that asks the user to enter a 10-character telephone number in the format XXX-XXX-XXXX. The application should display the telephone number with any alphabetic characters that appeared in the original translated to their numeric equivalent. For example, if the user enters 555-GET-FOOD the application should display 555-438-3663.
This is my work:
phoneNum = input('Enter the number in the format of 555-XXX-XXXX\n')
phoneNum = phoneNum.split('-')
for var in phoneNum[1:2]:
for char in var:
if char == 'A' or char == 'B' or char == 'C':
char = '2'
elif char == 'D' or char == 'E' or char == 'F':
char = '3'
elif char == 'G' or char == 'H' or char == 'I':
char = '4'
elif char == 'J' or char == 'K' or char == 'L':
char = '5'
elif char == 'M' or char == 'N' or char == 'O':
char = '6'
elif char == 'P' or char == 'Q' or char == 'R' or char == 'S':
char = '7'
elif char == 'T' or char == 'U' or char == 'V':
char = '8'
elif char == 'W' or char == 'X' or char == 'Y' or char == 'Z':
char = '9'
print(phoneNum)
Run it, you will be prompted to enter a string, say, 555-GET-FOOD. Then you will receive an error message:
NameError: name 'GET' is not defined
How can I fix this?