NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Did You Know?


The NATO Phonetic Alphabet is the most widely used spelling alphabet. A spelling alphabet (aka radio alphabet, or telephone alphabet) is a set of words used to stand for the letters of an alphabet in oral communication. Each word in the spelling alphabet typically replaces the name of the letter with which it starts. It is used to spell out words when speaking to someone not able to see the speaker, or when the audio channel is not clear.

Nowadays people may use the NATO Phonetic alphabet when they have to spell their name or their postcode over the phone.

For instance, the name Smith would spell Sierra – Mike – India – Tango – Hotel.

Challenge


This challenge consists of writing a computer program that will ask the end-user to enter their lastname. The program will output their lastname using the NATO Phonetic Alphabet.

To complete this challenge you may want to investigate the use of a dictionary in Python.

Learning Objectives


By completing this challenge we are going to learn about Python dictionaries.
In Python, a dictionary consists of pairs (called items) of keys and their corresponding values.

Python dictionaries are also known as associative arrays or hash tables. The general syntax of a dictionary is as follows:
PythonDictionary

myDictionary = {"Red": "#FF0000", "Green": "#00FF00", "Blue": "#0000FF"}
print("The colour code for Green is:")
print(myDictionary["Green"])

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NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Letter Code
A Alfa
B Bravo
C Charlie
D Delta
E Echo
F Foxtrot
G Golf
H Hotel
I India
J Juliett
K Kilo
L Lima
M Mike
N November
O Oscar
P Papa
Q Quebec
R Romeo
S Sierra
T Tango
U Uniform
V Victor
W Whiskey
X X-ray
Y Yankee
Z Zulu
Dash

Let’s get coding…

Extension


You can use the same approach to create a Morse Code Encoder!

Morse-Code-NATO

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