EXAM.py

def score(word, f):
    """
       word, a string of length > 1 of alphabetical
             characters (upper and lowercase)
       f, a function that takes in two int arguments and returns an int

       Returns the score of word as defined by the method:

    1) Score for each letter is its location in the alphabet (a=1 ... z=26)
       times its distance from start of word.
       Ex. the scores for the letters in 'adD' are 1*0, 4*1, and 4*2.
    2) The score for a word is the result of applying f to the
       scores of the word's two highest scoring letters.
       The first parameter to f is the highest letter score,
       and the second parameter is the second highest letter score.
       Ex. If f returns the sum of its arguments, then the
           score for 'adD' is 12
    """
    letter_locator = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4, 'e': 5, 'f': 6, 'g': 7, 'h': 8, 'i': 9, 'j': 10, 'k': 11, 'l': 12, 'm': 13, 'n': 14, 'o': 15, 'p': 16, 'q': 17, 'r': 18, 's': 19, 't': 20, 'u': 21, 'v': 22, 'w': 23, 'x': 24, 'y': 25, 'z': 26}
    score_list = []
    for i in range(len(word)):
        letter = word[i].lower()
        value_letter = letter_locator[letter]
        score = value_letter * i
        score_list.append(score)
    highest_score = max(score_list)
    score_list.remove(highest_score)
    second_highest_score = max(score_list)
    return f(highest_score, second_highest_score)

def f(highest_score, second_highest_score):
    return highest_score + second_highest_score



print(score('adD', f))