How to make number keypad script input letters rather than numbers?

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Hello,

So basically my game has a number keypad gui that obviously does what it’s called, displays numbers you pressing the corresponding buttons. However, I’d like to change it up a bit so that when you press said buttons, it displays a letter instead. Why? There’s a riddle in my game involving creatures that toads eat and I’d like the first letter of said creatures shown on the buttons to be inputted rather than numbers from 1-9 like how the script originally is designed as. Let me show you.

Keypad I’m talking about:

I already got the first step done which is putting the images on the keypad buttons, but I’d like their first letter to be displayed
image

Such as:

worm = W

mouse = M

roach = R

fly = F

bee = B

ant = A

scorpion = S

centipede = C

toad = T

The setup:

ScreenGui inside StarterGui
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Inside the LocalScript that currently displays numbers:

local num = 1

--function that plays when we click 
function finish()
	script.Parent.Done.Value = true
end

function addnumber(newnum)
	--Figures out what textlabel to change depending how many numbers we already have inputted
	if num == 1 then
		num = 2
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N1.Text = tostring(newnum)				--Changes TextLabels text to the number (depends on what button we clicked
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N1.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1, 0)		--Changes TextLabels to make it look better
	elseif num == 2 then
		num = 3
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N2.Text = tostring(newnum)
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N2.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1, 0)
	elseif num == 3 then
		num = 4
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N3.Text = tostring(newnum)
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N3.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1, 0)
	elseif num == 4 then
		num = 5
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N4.Text = tostring(newnum)
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N4.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1, 0)
	end
end

--function for deleting a number from the display
function deletenumber()
	--Figures out what textlabel to change depending how many numbers we already have inputted
	if num == 2 then
		num = 1
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N1.Text = "*"							--Changes TextLabels text to "*"
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N1.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1.4, 0)	--Changes TextLabels to make it look better
	elseif num == 3 then
		num = 2
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N2.Text = "*"
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N2.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1.4, 0)
	elseif num == 4 then
		num = 3
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N3.Text = "*"
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N3.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1.4, 0)
	elseif num == 5 then
		num = 4
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N4.Text = "*"
		script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N4.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1.4, 0)
	end
end

local Frame = script.Parent:WaitForChild("CodeFrame")

--Fucntion for the buttons.
Frame:WaitForChild("Delete").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	deletenumber()
end)
Frame:WaitForChild("Ok").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	finish()
end)	--plays addnunber function with a number that matches the button. For example when we pess button0, we play the function with number 0
Frame:WaitForChild("B1").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	addnumber(1)
end)
Frame:WaitForChild("B2").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	addnumber(2)
end)
Frame:WaitForChild("B3").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	addnumber(3)
end)
Frame:WaitForChild("B4").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	addnumber(4)
end)
Frame:WaitForChild("B5").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	addnumber(5)
end)
Frame:WaitForChild("B6").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	addnumber(6)
end)
Frame:WaitForChild("B7").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	addnumber(7)
end)
Frame:WaitForChild("B8").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	addnumber(8)
end)
Frame:WaitForChild("B9").MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	addnumber(9)
end)

--the main function that plays when the script inasidet he door invokes player's client.
function InputCode()
	script.Parent.Done.Value = false			--turns Done value to false
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Visible = true		--UI becomes visible, so we can type the code
	script.Parent.Done.Changed:Wait()			--We wait here until the Done value changes to true
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Visible = false		--UI turns invisible
	print('Returning value...')
	
	--we "Create" the code from the UI elements
	local numbers1 = (script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N1.Text.. script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N2.Text.. script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N3.Text.. script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N4.Text)
	local numbers2 = numbers1:gsub("*","")
	
	--We change the display to make it ready for next use
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N1.Text = "*"
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N1.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1.4, 0)
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N2.Text = "*"
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N2.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1.4, 0)
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N3.Text = "*"
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N3.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1.4, 0)
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N4.Text = "*"
	script.Parent.CodeFrame.Display.N4.Size = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 1.4, 0)
	num = 1
	return numbers2; ----We return the code back to the server
end

game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("RiddleKeypad").OnClientInvoke = InputCode

The keypad code I’m going for is TRRS (toad, roach, roach, scorpion) which is also shown in the value inside the Configuration folder inside the keypad model in Workspace that triggers the gui when clicked:
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I hope I didn’t make this sound overcomplicated as all I wanna do is literally adjust the script a bit so it only inputs letters now rather than numbers for the code. I’d truly appreciate your help as I’m still alright at scripting and this script is from a tutorial I followed originally being for a number code!

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