acme.py

def acme_formatter(acme: str) -> list[int]:
    data = acme.lower()
    output = []
    reference_map = {"_": 0}
    for k, v in enumerate(ascii_lowercase):
        reference_map[v] = k + 1
    while len(data) != 0:
        count = reference_map[data[0]]
        print(f'count {count}')
        total = 0
        package = []

        adjuster = 0
        for i in range(1, count + 1):
            print(f'i {i}')

            element = data[i+adjuster]
            if element == "z":
                element = data[i+adjuster:1+i+adjuster]
                adjuster = 1
            else:
                adjuster = 0
            print(f'element {element}')
            package.append(element)

        data = data[len(package) + 1:]
        print(f'package {package}')

        for i in package:
            total = total + reference_map[i]
        output.append(total)
    return output