How can I turn text into numbers?

Question

I have an input type text where I letters but I want those letters to worth a number for example a=1 b=2 and I write ab in the input text and in a paragraph it appears 3

function add(){
}

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" placeholder="Texto" class="controls1" id="T1"> 
                <p class="controls" id="en1">Result</p>
                <input type="button" value="Result" class="R1" id="R1" onclick="add()">
</body>
</html>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '21 at 22:51

This should do it:

function add(){
        var stringArray = document.getElementById('T1').value;
        var answer = 0;

        for (var i = 0; i < stringArray.length; i++) {
            console.log(stringArray.charCodeAt(i) - 96);
            answer = answer + stringArray.charCodeAt(i) - 96;
        }

        document.getElementById('en1').innerHTML = answer;
    }

<div>
    <input type="text" placeholder="Texto" class="controls1" id="T1"> 
    <p class="controls" id="en1">Result</p>

    <input type="button" value="Result" class="R1" id="R1" onclick="add()">
</div>

How can I turn text into numbers?

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