import numpy as np arr = np.arange(65,90).reshape(5, 5) # Array of alphabet arr = np.where(arr <75, arr, arr+1) # Array without 'K' cells = ["1-3","4-4","2-1","{","4-4","2-3","4-5","3-2","1-2","4-3","_","4-5","3-5","}"] for i in cells: if(ord(i[0])>=48 and ord(i[0])<=57): x=int(i[0])-1 y=int(i[2])-1 print(chr(arr[x][y]),end="") else: print(i[0],end="") print("\n")