Problem 22

0022.py

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+from functools import reduce
+import util
+
+target = 871198282
+
+chars = list('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+
+def char_to_index (char):
+    index = chars.index(char)
+
+    return index + 1
+
+def get_alphabetical_value (string):
+    result = reduce(lambda x, y: x + char_to_index(y), list(string.lower()), 0)
+
+    return result
+
+def get_score (var):
+    index, string = var
+
+    alphabetical_value = get_alphabetical_value(string)
+
+    return (index + 1) * alphabetical_value
+
+
+file = open('0022_names.txt', 'r')
+
+names = file.read()[1:-1].split('","')
+
+names.sort()
+
+scores = list(map(get_score, enumerate(names)))
+
+result = reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, scores)
+
+print(result)
+print(result == target)