#!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- ######################################################################## # Solves problem 42 from projectEuler.net. # Finds the number of words which have a triangular value. # Copyright (C) 2010 Santiago Alessandri # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # You can contact me at san.lt.ss@gmail.com # Visit my wiki at http://san-ss.wikidot.com ######################################################################## alphabetical_value = lambda name: sum(ord(c) - 64 for c in name) if __name__ == '__main__': f = open('words.txt', 'r') s = f.readline() f.close() lst = s.replace("\"", "").split(",") triangles = set(n * (n + 1) // 2 for n in range(1,1000)) result = sum(1 for name in lst if alphabetical_value(name) in triangles) print("The result is:", result)