public static int keysolver(String s) {

    String temp  = s;
    int i;

    if(temp.length()>0) {
        for(i=0;i<temp.length();i++) {

            char letter = temp.charAt(i);
            int distance = letter-'a';

            return distance;

        }

        }
    else {
        return 0;
    }
}