For loop is not returning a different value for every array index

Question

I've written a code about a program where a word gets encrypted as a number dependent on a fixed parameter such as "Software" turning into 76389273. However the for loop is not returning different values for every letter, and returns the same value (value of the first letter) for all letters.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class StringtoNumber {
    public static int getNumber(String word) {
        int value = 0;
        int intArray[] = new int[word.length()];
        for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++) {
            switch (word.charAt(i)) {
                case 'A':
                case 'B':
                case 'C':
                case 'a':
                case 'b':
                case 'c':
                    value = 2;
                    break;
                case 'D':
                case 'E':
                case 'F':
                case 'd':
                case 'e':
                case 'f':
                    value = 3;
                    break;
                case 'G':
                case 'H':
                case 'I':
                case 'g':
                case 'h':
                case 'i':
                    value = 4;
                    break;
                case 'J':
                case 'K':
                case 'L':
                case 'j':
                case 'k':
                case 'l':
                    value = 5;
                    break;
                case 'M':
                case 'N':
                case 'O':
                case 'm':
                case 'n':
                case 'o':
                    value = 6;
                    break;
                case 'P':
                case 'Q':
                case 'R':
                case 'S':
                case 'p':
                case 'q':
                case 'r':
                case 's':
                    value = 7;
                    break;
                case 'T':
                case 'U':
                case 'V':
                case 't':
                case 'u':
                case 'v':
                    value = 8;
                    break;
                case 'W':
                case 'X':
                case 'Y':
                case 'Z':
                case 'w':
                case 'x':
                case 'y':
                case 'z':
                    value = 9;
                    break;
            }
            intArray[i] = value;
            return intArray[i];
        }

        int result = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < intArray.length; i++) {
            result += Math.pow(10, i) * intArray[intArray.length - i - 1];
        }
        return result;
    }

        public static void main (String[]arg){

            Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
            System.out.println("what word do you want to encrypt");
            String word = input.nextLine();
            int counter = 0;
            while (counter < word.length()) {
                System.out.print(getNumber(word));
                counter++;
            }
        }
    }

I've tried finding mistake but I haven't seen anything, is there something I am not taking into account?

Answer 1

Please do some progress to debug your program. return intArray[i] will return the value of the first letter when the for loop execute the first time.