Some code to play around with Python

gistfile1.py

import sys
import getopt

def main():
	"""	print ind(40, [ 55, 77, 42, 12, 42, 100 ])
	print ind(42, range(0,100))
	print ind('hi', [ 'hello', 42, True ])
	print ind('hi', [ 'well', 'hi', 'there' ])
	print ind('i', 'team')
	print ind(' ', 'outer exploration')		
	"""
	print "input your word:"
	print scrabbleScore( raw_input())


"""def ind(e, L):  #this is the way it should be done
	try:
		value = L.index(e) #this index function searches for the item
	except ValueError:
		return "Value wasn't in list" #catches the error and prints a readable message
	else:
		return e, "occurs at index", value #prints a readable index line
"""
def ind(e, L):  #the way you are probably supposed to do it.
	i = 0 #sets up a counter
	for item in L:
		if item == e:
			break #leaves for loop if item is found
		else:
			i=i+1 #increases if item isn't found
	print i		#prints the index number

def letterScore( let ):
	scrabbleLetters = ["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"]
	scrabbleScores = [1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 4, 2, 4, 1, 8, 5, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 10, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 8, 4, 10]
	for letter in scrabbleLetters:
		if letter in let:
			return scrabbleScores[scrabbleLetters.index(letter)]

def scrabbleScore( S ):
	finalScore = 0
	for letter in S:
		finalScore += letterScore(letter)
	return finalScore

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()