+'''
+def symbolToInt(self):
+ make dictionary of key:value (letter:integer)
+ iterate through the dictionary to find matching symbol
+ return the given integer value
+ d = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4, 'e': 5, 'f': 6, 'g': 7, 'h': 8, 'i': 6, 'j': 10, 'k': 11, 'l': 12, 'm': 13, 'n': 14,
+ 'o': 15, 'p': 16, 'q': 17, 'r': 18, 's': 19, 't': 20, 'u': 21, 'v': 22, 'w': 23, 'x': 24, 'y': 25, 'z': 26}
+ if self in d:
+ num = d.get(self)
+ return num
+'''
+
+ids = {}
+
+def get_ids(co):
+ if co in ids:
+ return ids.get(co)
+ else:
+ idd = len(ids)
+ ids[co] = idd
+ print(ids)
+ return idd