Problem 1150. Polybius Square

Given a string, calculate the coordinates. Input will be always in lowercase. If string is a sentence then use 0 (zero) to indicate the space between words.
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 a b c d e f
2 g h i j k l
3 m n o p q r
4 s t u v w x
5 y z
input 'cody' returns [13 33 14 51] and
input 'i love matlab' returns [23 0 26 33 44 15 0 31 11 42 26 11 12].
For more information refer to. Please note that another colum (6th column) is added in order to seperate letter i and letter j. That means table in this question is different from reference page.
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Last Solution submitted on Aug 14, 2025

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