[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I convert all to lowercase,
>
> import string
>
> small = string.lower(name)
> print "Here is the calculated value:"
>
> print small
> for ch in small:
> v = ord(ch)-96
> print v
>
I don't know if you are using an
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> for ch in small:
> v = ord(ch)-96
> print v
total = 0
for ch in small:
# the += below updates the value of total by adding (ord(ch) - 96)
total += (ord(ch) - 96)
print "ch:", ch, "total so far:", total
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print sum([ord(ch)-96 for ch in small])
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:28 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to convert a name into a numerical value that is not
> consistent with ANSCII values. In my case, I convert all to lowercase,
> then try to sum the value of the letters entered by t
I'm trying to convert a name into a numerical value that is not
consistent with ANSCII values. In my case, I convert all to lowercase,
then try to sum the value of the letters entered by the user, can't
get it to add them. Here is what I have. By the way, the values I need
to use is: a=1, b=2, c=3,
