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l33tspeak

#!/usr/bin/python

"""
Usage from commandline:
python l33t.py "Can i haz cheezburgerz"
"""

from string import maketrans   # Required to call maketrans function.
from sys import argv

def to_l33t(string):
  n00b = "abeghilost"
  l33t = "48364!1057"
  to_l33t = maketrans(n00b, l33t)
  return string.translate(to_l33t).upper()

try:
  print to_l33t(argv[1])
except:
  print to_l33t("all your base are belong to us")