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"""

Name scores

Problem 22

Using names.txt (right click and 'Save Link/Target As...'), a 46K text file

containing over five-thousand first names, begin by sorting it into

alphabetical order. Then working out the alphabetical value for each name,

multiply this value by its alphabetical position in the list to obtain a name

score.

For example, when the list is sorted into alphabetical order, COLIN, which is

worth 3 + 15 + 12 + 9 + 14 = 53, is the 938th name in the list. So, COLIN would

obtain a score of 938 × 53 = 49714.

What is the total of all the name scores in the file?

"""

import os

def solution():

"""Returns the total of all the name scores in the file.

>>> solution()

871198282

"""

total_sum = 0

temp_sum = 0

with open(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/p022_names.txt") as file:

name = str(file.readlines()[0])

name = name.replace('"', "").split(",")

name.sort()

for i in range(len(name)):

for j in name[i]:

temp_sum += ord(j) - ord("A") + 1

total_sum += (i + 1) * temp_sum

temp_sum = 0

return total_sum

if __name__ == "__main__":

print(solution())

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