This made me realize I don't leverage ord enough..

that's normal,

My solution))

Why do I forget about regex?

Clear and effective, I really liked your code bro!

good one

i have no idea how i sometimes manage to come up with a decent solution and execute it so terribly it would give any semi-skilled programmer an aneurysm

does this modify the original list l?

I see. Thanks!

I was so close...

I used dict ass well. that was my 1st thought and i followed it. accually i believe its good thing to go hard way at very beginning to understand how things work

I used a dictionary instead so I can improve my dictionary comprehension understanding