test_str = "abc"

bytes_lst = []
for item in test_str:
    bytes_lst.append(bytes(item,'utf-8'))
print("As bytes, the string is:")
print(bytes_lst)

encoded_lst = []
for item in test_str:
    encoded_lst.append(item.encode())
print("Encoding the characters in the string also gives:")
print(encoded_lst)

hex_lst=[]
for item in encoded_lst:
    hex_lst.append(list(item)[0])
print("The hex values associated with those bytes is:")
print(hex_lst)

# Checkpoint 1
def numerify(message):
    hex_values=[]
    for item in message:
        hex_values.append(item.encode()[0])
    return hex_values
print(numerify('abc'))