Re: Re: Anagram Type Puzzle

WHAOOOO .... -> for school lessons ??? let's think about it ... ----- Original Message ----- From: Sebastian Bergmann <sb@sebastian-bergmann.de> To: Ralph Guzman <raguzman@netraiser.com> Cc: PHP Developer Mailing List <php-dev@lists.php.net>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:27 AM Subject: [PHP] Re: [PHP-DEV] 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/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >