Alphabetizing?

[tjland at iserv.net]

Ok, im trying to creat a small simple program that alphabetizes user
inputed words. I thought why not just create a def that splits all the
words down into char's then take the first char and crosscheck it with all
lowercase letters. Then find its position and return the results to the
user in order or 1-26! But this takes a long time and the code gets
confusing. Any suggestion? Thanx in advance!


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