How to print alphabets in python

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Sometimes, while working with Python, we can have a problem in which we need to print the specific number of alphabets in order. This can have application in school-level programming. Let’s discuss certain ways in which this problem can be solved. 

Method #1 : Using loop + chr()

This is brute force way to perform this task. In this, we iterate the elements till which we need to print and concatenate the strings accordingly after conversion to the character using chr(). 

Python3

N = 20

print("Number of elements required : " + str(N))

res = ""

for idx in range(97, 97 + N):

       res = res + chr(idx)

print("Alphabets till N are : " + str(res))

Output : 

Number of elements required : 20
Alphabets till N are : abcdefghijklmnopqrst

Method #2: Using string.ascii_lowercase + slicing:

Combination of the above functionalities can also be used to perform this task. In this, we use an inbuilt function to get extract the lowercase string and extract the N characters using slicing. 

Python3

import string

N = 20

print(& quot

       Number of elements required : & quot

       + str(N))

res = string.ascii_lowercase[:N]

print(& quot

       Alphabets till N are : & quot

       + str(res))

Output : 

Number of elements required : 20
Alphabets till N are : abcdefghijklmnopqrst

Method #3 : Using ord() and chr() functions

The Python ord() function converts a character into an integer that represents the Unicode code of the character. Similarly, the chr() function converts a Unicode code character into the corresponding string.

Python3

N = 20

print("Number of elements required : " + str(N))

s=""

x=ord('a')+N-1

y=ord('a')

while(y<=x):

    s+=chr(y)

    y+=1

print("Alphabets till N are : " + s)

Output

Number of elements required : 20
Alphabets till N are : abcdefghijklmnopqrst

Python Basic - 1: Exercise-114 with Solution

Write a Python program to print letters from the English alphabet from a-z and A-Z.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

import string
print("Alphabet from a-z:")
for letter in string.ascii_lowercase:
   print(letter, end =" ")
print("\nAlphabet from A-Z:")
for letter in string.ascii_uppercase:
   print(letter, end =" ")

Sample Output:

Alphabet from a-z:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 
Alphabet from A-Z:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

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