Re: Anagram Type Puzzle

The list <php-dev@lists.php.net> is dedicated to the development _of_ PHP, not to developing _with_ PHP -- this is what the <mailto:php-general@lists.php.net> list is for. I forward your message there, thanks for your understanding. Yours, Sebastian 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. -- Sebastian Bergmann Measure Traffic & Usability http://sebastian-bergmann.de/ http://phpOpenTracker.de/ Did I help you? Consider a gift: http://wishlist.sebastian-bergmann.de/