WHAOOOO ....
-> for school lessons ???

let's think about it ...

----- Original Message -----
From: Sebastian Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ralph Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:27 AM
Subject: [PHP] Re: [PHP-DEV] Anagram Type Puzzle


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> Ralph Guzman wrote:
> >
> > Im trying to figue out the following anagram using PHP. Here is the
> > problem:
> >
> > Using letters of the alphabet represented by a number, I have to come
> > up with words that add up to exactly 100.
> >
> > Numbers are in reverse where A=26 and Z=1, so for example:
> >
> > A = 26
> > B  = 25
> > C = 24
> > ...
> > ...
> > X = 3
> > Y = 2
> > Z = 1
> >
> > So let's say the word 'acronym'
> >
> > A + C+R+0+N+Y+M
> > 26 + 24 + 9+12+13+2+14  = 100
> >
> > My thoughts were to download a list of words in the dictionary, then
> > read the file and somehow replace each letter by its number, then add
> > each letter for each word and see which words would equal to 100.
> >
> > So I am emailing this list for any suggestions or examples of code
> > that I can use to accomplish this. Any help?
> >
> > Thanks much.
>
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