Creating an Isopsephy OT feature

Isopsephy.py

alphabet = list( "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" )
alphabetLength = len(alphabet)
wordlength = 5
figures = ["zero", "one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine"]

def wordForNumber( thisNumber ):
	figurelist = [ figures[int( x )] for x in str( thisNumber ) ]
	return "_".join( figurelist )

def lookupWithContent( lookupName, content ):
	returnstring = "lookup %s {\n" % lookupName
	returnstring += content
	returnstring += "} %s;\n" % lookupName
	return returnstring

firstLookup = ""
for i in range( alphabetLength ):
	firstLookup += "\tsub %s by %s;\n" % ( alphabet[i], wordForNumber(i+1) )

print lookupWithContent( "INIT", firstLookup )

for factor in range(wordlength):
	consecutiveLookup = ""
	for i in range( factor, alphabetLength * (factor+1) ):
		for j in range( alphabetLength ):
			consecutiveLookup += "\tsub %s %s by %s;\n" % ( wordForNumber(i+1), wordForNumber(j+1), wordForNumber(i+j+2) )

	print lookupWithContent( "STEP_%i" % (factor+1), consecutiveLookup )

print "# CMD-SHIFT-G with these glyph names:"
print "#",
for i in range( 9, (wordlength+1) * alphabetLength ):
	print wordForNumber(i+1),