from string import ascii_uppercase

Alphabet

With Greek letters typed in LaTeX, I sometimes need to interpret them like their English equivalents, e.g. \alpha is like A, etc.

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alphabet_or_latex_command_to_alphabet_group

 alphabet_or_latex_command_to_alphabet_group (character)

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alphabet_or_latex_command_to_alphabet

 alphabet_or_latex_command_to_alphabet (character)

Returns the alphabet that the character “corresponds to”.

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alphabet_to_alphabet_group

 alphabet_to_alphabet_group (character)

*Returns the alphabet group

In my vaults, I often alphabetize things and also group the alphabet as follows: - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-V

Parameters - character - str

Returns - str or None - Returns None if character is not an alphabet.*

dicty = {}
for c in ascii_uppercase:
    dicty[c] = alphabet_to_alphabet_group(c)
print(dicty)

{'A': 'A-E', 'B': 'A-E', 'C': 'A-E', 'D': 'A-E', 'E': 'A-E', 'F': 'F-J', 'G': 'F-J', 'H': 'F-J', 'I': 'F-J', 'J': 'F-J', 'K': 'K-O', 'L': 'K-O', 'M': 'K-O', 'N': 'K-O', 'O': 'K-O', 'P': 'P-T', 'Q': 'P-T', 'R': 'P-T', 'S': 'P-T', 'T': 'P-T', 'U': 'U-Z', 'V': 'U-Z', 'W': 'U-Z', 'X': 'U-Z', 'Y': 'U-Z', 'Z': 'U-Z'}