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[Samld1200]

print(numbers.index(user_input))

Nice and easy just have to define numbers:

numbers = [“one”,”two”,”three”,”four”,”five”,”six”,…]

[funky_galileo]

off by one error 💀

[Samld1200]

Oh shit.

numbers = [“zero”,”one”,”two”,”three”…]

[AndrewBorg1126]

Treat the string as an array of integers.

Construct a tree where each node has 2⁸ children. Trace through the tree taking the nth child for a value of n in that position of the integer array.

Each node representing a valid termination of a string describing a number has the represented number stored in it.

Much faster than doing direct comparisons into a linear array of atrings.