Anyway I can simplify these if statements?

Hey everyone, here's the code I have:

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if (letter == 'a')
	{
		xCoordinate = 0;
	}
	else if (letter == 'b')
	{
		xCoordinate = 1;
	}
	else if (letter == 'c')
	{
		xCoordinate = 2;
	}
	else if (letter == 'd')
	{
		xCoordinate = 3;
	}
	else if (letter == 'e')
	{
		xCoordinate = 4;
	}
	else if (letter == 'f')
	{
		xCoordinate = 5;
	}
	else if (letter == 'g')
	{
		xCoordinate = 6;
	}
	else if (letter == 'h')
	{
		xCoordinate = 7;
	}
	else if (letter == 'i')
	{
		xCoordinate = 8;
	}
	else
	{
		xCoordinate = 9;
	}



Anyway I can simplify this? Can I use Macro?
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xCoordinate = letter >= 'a' && letter <= 'j' ? letter - 'a' : 9;
Note: This doesn't work on EBCDIC systems (EBCDIC systems are extremely rare).
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@helios,

thank you very much man, you're a life saver :)
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