From 797afeb7d5d991c611cf5a47202b09dab7734fbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Altner Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 03:14:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added Problem 021 --- Problem_022.py | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Problem_022.py diff --git a/Problem_022.py b/Problem_022.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fa12f71 --- /dev/null +++ b/Problem_022.py @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +####################################################################### +# Using names.txt (right click and 'Save Link/Target As...'), a 46K text file containing over +# five-thousand first names, begin by sorting it into alphabetical order. +# Then working out the alphabetical value for each name, multiply this value by its +# alphabetical position in the list to obtain a name score. +# +# For example, when the list is sorted into alphabetical order, +# COLIN, which is worth 3 + 15 + 12 + 9 + 14 = 53, is the 938th name in the list. +# So, COLIN would obtain a score of 938 × 53 = 49714. +# +# What is the total of all the name scores in the file? +###################################################################### + + +with open("data/p022_names.txt", "r") as f: + names = f.readline().replace('"', '').split(',') + +names.sort() + +total_name_scores = 0 +for pos in range(0, len(names)): + name_score = 0 + for letter in names[pos]: + name_score += ord(letter) - 64 + + name_score *= (pos + 1) + total_name_scores += name_score + +print(total_name_scores) \ No newline at end of file