py: tasks from codewars

transform letterse into digits

Example

The sunset sets at twelve o' clock

Should be

20 8 5 19 21 14 19 5 20 19 5 20 19 1 20 20 23 5 12 22 5 15 3 12 15 3 11

def alphabet_position(text):
    import string
    s=''
    text=text.lower()
    for i in text:
        try:
            if i != ' ' and i !="'":
                print (string.ascii_lowercase.index(i)+1)
                s=s+str(string.ascii_lowercase.index(i)+1)+' '
            else:
                continue
        except:
            continue
    return s.rstrip()#rstrip() deletes space from the end of a string
    pass

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