the-love-letter-mystery.py

#!/bin/python3

import sys

def theLoveLetterMystery(s):
    string = list(s)
    res = 0
    first = []
    second = []
    
    if len(string) % 2 == 1:
        first = list(map(lambda x: ord(x), string[:len(string)//2]))
        first = first[::-1]
        second = list(map(lambda x: ord(x), string[len(string)//2 + 1:]))
    else:
        first = list(map(lambda x: ord(x), string[:len(string)//2 - 1]))
        first = first[::-1]
        second = list(map(lambda x: ord(x), string[len(string)//2 + 1:]))
        res = abs(ord(string[len(string)//2 - 1]) - ord(string[len(string)//2]))
        
    for ind in range(len(first)):
        if first[ind] != second[ind]:
            res += abs(first[ind] - second[ind])
            first[ind] = min(first[ind], second[ind])
            second[ind] = first[ind]
            
    return res
        
        

q = int(input().strip())
for a0 in range(q):
    s = input().strip()
    result = theLoveLetterMystery(s)
    print(result)