Funny Characters (ƒυתתу ¢нαяα¢τєяѕ)

funnyCharacters.py

# MIT License
# 
# Copyright (c) 2021 Dennis Heitmann

import sys

def funnyCharacters(inputtext=""):
    linput = inputtext.lower()
    def convertChar(inputchar):
        mapping = {'a': 'α', 'b': 'в', 'c': '¢', 'd': '∂', 'e': 'є', 'f': 'ƒ', 'g': 'g', 'h': 'н', 'i': 'ι', 'j': 'נ', 'k': 'к', 'l': 'ℓ', 'm': 'м',
                   'n': 'ת', 'o': 'ס', 'p': 'ρ', 'q': 'q', 'r': 'я', 's': 'ѕ', 't': 'τ', 'u': 'υ', 'v': 'ν', 'w': 'ω', 'x': 'χ', 'y': 'у', 'z': 'z',
                   ' ': ' ', '.': '.', ',': ',', '!': '!', '?': '¿', '1': '①', '2': '②', '3': '③', '4': '④', '5': '⑤', '6': '⑥', '7': '⑦', '8': '⑧',
                   '9': '⑨', '0': '⓪', }
        try: 
            return mapping[inputchar]
        except:
            return ' '
    outstring = ''
    for outputchar in linput:
        outstring = outstring + convertChar(outputchar)
    return outstring

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        if sys.argv[1] != '':
            inputtext = sys.argv[1]
    else:
        inputtext = 'Hallo Welt!'
    fun = funnyCharacters(inputtext)
    print(fun)

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