title: How to create a text to binary converter in Python
body: <p>So I am currently new to python but I know a few basic ideas and I decided to start off with a little project of my own. I want to create a text to binary converter but in my own version. For example I want to give each letter the value that it holds due to its placement such as a = 1 b = 2 or a = 1 b = 10 and so on. Kind of like my own secret code or encoding. How is it possible for me to set my own specific binary value to each letter and then use a user input to convert his or her word into my binary code? Do I have to make every single letter a variable? and how can I apply the specific binary values to the user input? I do not need the bin() function since "my" binary and normal binary values are different. As I said above I am basing mine on the placement of letters. Sorry for my newbieness in advance!</p>