pangramHelper.py

def replaceAccents(l):
    """
    replace greek accents
    """
    l = l.lower()
    rDict = {'ά':'α','ό':'ο','ύ':'υ','ϋ':'υ','ΰ':'υ','έ':'ε','ί':'ι',
        'ϊ':'ι','ΐ':'ι','ή':'η','ώ':'ω','ς':'σ'}
    retStr = ''
    for x in l:
        retStr += (x if x not in rDict else rDict[x])
    return(retStr)
def isin(letters,string):
    """
    returns True if all letters are in string
    and False otherwise
    """
    for l in letters:
        if l not in string:
            return(False)
    return(True)

def minl(letters):
    """
    prints words that have all the letters in letters
    and tries to locate the smallest one
    """
    with open('el_GR.dic','r',encoding = 'iso-8859-7') as lexiko:
        #dictionary from 
        #https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LibreOffice/dictionaries/master/el_GR/el_GR.dic
        lexeis = lexiko.read().splitlines()
        minword = " "*30
        for l in lexeis:
            if l.upper() == l:
                continue
            if isin(remaining,replaceAccents(l.lower())):
                if len(l)<=len(minword)+2:
                    print(l)
                if len(l)<=len(minword):
                    print(l)
                    minword = l
    return(minword)


allLetters = ['α','β','γ','δ','ε','ζ','η','θ','ι','κ','λ','μ','ν',
    'ξ','ο','π','ρ','σ','τ','υ','φ','χ','ψ','ω']
tillNow = input("Φράση μέχρι τώρα...>")
remaining = [x for x in allLetters if x not in replaceAccents(tillNow.lower())]
print("".join(remaining))
print("Min word is :" +  minl(remaining))