s = "/code showtime" alphabet = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz .,-!?+*'<>#@$€§%&/()[]0" last_letter = "1" output = [] for h in s: int_h = int(alphabet.index(h)) int_ll = int(alphabet.index(last_letter)) diff = int_h - int_ll sym = "" if diff > 0: sym = ">" if diff < 0: sym = "<" if diff == 0: pass for i in range(abs(diff)): print(sym) if diff != 0: print("!") else: pass last_letter = h pass print("p")