code: def _get_alphanumeric_index(query_string):
          
          # TODO: could probably rework this. it works, but it's ugly as hell.
          try:
              return [int(query_string), 'int']
          except ValueError:
              if len(query_string) == 1:
                  if query_string.isupper():
                      return [string.ascii_uppercase.index(query_string), 'char_hi']
                  elif query_string.islower():
                      return [string.ascii_lowercase.index(query_string), 'char_lo']
              else:
                  raise IOError('The input is a string longer than one character')
docs: Given an input string of either int or char, returns what index in the alphabet and case it is
  
          :param query_string: str, query string
          :return: (int, str), list of the index and type