Re: Converting words to numbers - Thanks!!

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From: Bill Gowan (gowan_at_frontiernedotnet)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:29:24 -0500

Thanks for the help! This was exactly what I was looking for.

"Bill Gowan" <gowan@frontiernedotnet> wrote in message
news:e%23op%23gcJFHA.1528@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>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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