Converting words to numbers

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From: Bill Gowan (gowan_at_frontiernedotnet)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:23:59 -0500

I had a teacher ask me if I could write a program that would convert words
to numerical equivalents. It's been a long time since I have done
programming so I am asking for help.

She is going to tell the kids they need to come up with a word that equal
(lets say) 30.

We always assume that a=1 b=2 c=3 d=4 etc.

Can anyone help me?

I managed to get the word that was entered and the length of the word. I
think the next think I have to do is convert the word into an array and then
convert each letter into a number.

The place I am stuck is converting the word into an array that I can work
with.

Thnaks in advance for any help!

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