public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine(AlphaPhoneToNumber("555-GET-FOOD"));
public static string AlphaPhoneToNumber(string val){
var phoneNumberArr = val.ToCharArray();
for(int i = 0; i < val.Length; i++){
phoneNumberArr[i] = AlphaPhoneCharToNumber2(phoneNumberArr[i]);
return new string(phoneNumberArr);
public static char AlphaPhoneCharToNumber2(char val){
var ualphas = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ".ToCharArray();
var lalphas = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".ToCharArray();
var numval = "22233344455566677788899999".ToCharArray();
for(int i = 0; i < ualphas.Length; i++){
if(ualphas[i] == val || lalphas[i] == val) return numval[i];
public static char AlphaPhoneCharToNumber(char val){