Racing Around the Alphabet

racingalphabet.py

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+import math
+
+
+def calculate_distance(aphorism: str) -> int:
+    tokens = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ '"
+    prev_s = aphorism[0]
+    total_distance = 0
+    for s in aphorism:
+        current_distance = (tokens.index(prev_s) - tokens.index(s)) % 28
+        if current_distance > 14:
+            current_distance = 28 - current_distance
+        prev_s = s
+        total_distance += current_distance
+    return 60 * math.pi / 28 * total_distance
+
+
+n = int(input())
+for _ in range(n):
+    aphorism = input()
+    print(calculate_distance(aphorism) / 15 + len(aphorism))