leetcode ascII.py

class Solution:
    
    def scoreOfString(self, s: str) -> int:
        
        ascii_values = {
    'A': 65, 'B': 66, 'C': 67, 'D': 68, 'E': 69, 'F': 70, 'G': 71, 'H': 72, 'I': 73, 'J': 74,
    'K': 75, 'L': 76, 'M': 77, 'N': 78, 'O': 79, 'P': 80, 'Q': 81, 'R': 82, 'S': 83, 'T': 84,
    'U': 85, 'V': 86, 'W': 87, 'X': 88, 'Y': 89, 'Z': 90,
    'a': 97, 'b': 98, 'c': 99, 'd': 100, 'e': 101, 'f': 102, 'g': 103, 'h': 104, 'i': 105,
    'j': 106, 'k': 107, 'l': 108, 'm': 109, 'n': 110, 'o': 111, 'p': 112, 'q': 113, 'r': 114,
    's': 115, 't': 116, 'u': 117, 'v': 118, 'w': 119, 'x': 120, 'y': 121, 'z': 122,
    '0': 48, '1': 49, '2': 50, '3': 51, '4': 52, '5': 53, '6': 54, '7': 55, '8': 56, '9': 57
}
#dictionary of ASCII values

        char_list = list(s)
        #convert string to list of characters

        steps = len(s)
        #calculate range

        list_of_int = []
        for char in char_list:
            list_of_int.append(ascii_values.get(char))
        #convert to int list
        sum = 0
        for i in range (steps-1):
            sum += abs(list_of_int[i]-list_of_int[i+1])

        return(sum)
        
        

    
    
# Create an instance of the Solution class
solution = Solution()
# Call the scoreOfString method on the instance
print(solution.scoreOfString("zaz"))