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eea1bacfe0 fix: raise ValueError in encode() for non-lowercase input (#14936)
* fix: raise ValueError in encode() for non-lowercase input

encode() previously accepted uppercase letters, digits, and other
non-lowercase characters silently, producing incorrect/out-of-range
values (e.g. negative numbers for uppercase letters) instead of
failing. Add input validation using str.islower() and str.isalpha()
to raise a ValueError when the input isn't purely lowercase a-z.
Added a doctest covering the new error case.

* resolved doctest

* Fix Ruff 0.16 lint failures

* Enhance encode function error handling examples

Update error handling in encode function to include examples for mixed case and invalid characters.

* Fix indentation in test_cancer_data function

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"""
Convert a string of characters to a sequence of numbers
corresponding to the character's position in the alphabet.
https://www.dcode.fr/letter-number-cipher
http://bestcodes.weebly.com/a1z26.html
"""
from __future__ import annotations
def encode(plain: str) -> list[int]:
"""
>>> encode("myname")
[13, 25, 14, 1, 13, 5]
>>> encode("abCd")
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: plain must contain only lowercase letters (a-z)
>>> encode("n0w")
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: plain must contain only lowercase letters (a-z)
>>> encode("later!")
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: plain must contain only lowercase letters (a-z)
"""
if not plain.islower() or not plain.isalpha():
raise ValueError("plain must contain only lowercase letters (a-z)")
return [ord(elem) - 96 for elem in plain]
def decode(encoded: list[int]) -> str:
"""
>>> decode([13, 25, 14, 1, 13, 5])
'myname'
"""
return "".join(chr(elem + 96) for elem in encoded)
def main() -> None:
encoded = encode(input("-> ").strip().lower())
print("Encoded: ", encoded)
print("Decoded:", decode(encoded))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()