getCharPositon function
This method returns the position of a given character as an integer.
Implementation
int getCharPositon(String character) {
int result = 0;
String labString = character.toLowerCase();
String alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw';
List<String> alphabetList = alphabet.split('');
for (int i = 0; i < alphabetList.length; i++) {
if (alphabetList[i] == labString) {
result = i + 1;
break;
} else {
// Do nothing.
}
}
return result;
}