morse_code_converter.py

import sys

def transrate(str):
  ret = ''
  for s in str:
    ret = ret + ' ' + encodeToMorse(s)
  return ret

def encodeToMorse(c):
  morse = {
            'a':'01',
            'b':'1000',
            'c':'1010',
            'd':'100',
            'e':'0',
            'f':'0010',
            'g':'110',
            'h':'0000',
            'i':'00',
            'j':'0111',
            'k':'101',
            'l':'0100',
            'm':'11',
            'n':'10',
            'o':'111',
            'p':'0110',
            'q':'1101',
            'r':'010',
            's':'000',
            't':'1',
            'u':'001',
            'v':'0001',
            'w':'011',
            'x':'1001',
            'y':'1011',
            'z':'1100'
          }
  ret = ''
  if c in morse:
    ret = morse[c]
  else:
    ret = ' '
  return ret

code = sys.argv[1].lower()
print(transrate(code))