Euler Problem 22

So you download a list of names.. and have to order them.. then calculate a value based on the characters (a-z) and position in the list… EASY! or is it????

Yes it is… C# has all the tools for this… build a list..then sort it.. pretty much job done… the only tip is to remember that the first place in the list (pos=0) is the 1st place in the list!!!

http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=22

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static void Main(string[] args)
        {
        List<string> names = new List<string>();
     
        //all names are in 1 line!
        System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader("o:\\names.txt");
           
        foreach (string s in sr.ReadLine().Split(','))
        {
            names.Add(s);
        }

        names.Sort();

        long wordssum=0;

        for (int i = 0; i < names.Count; i++)
        {
            wordssum += wordvalue(names[i]) * (i+1);
        }

        Console.WriteLine(wordssum);
        Console.ReadLine();

        }

    static int wordvalue(string s)
      {
        // a=1 b=2 etc
          int val=0;
         
          foreach (char c in s.ToLower())
          {
              if (c > 96 && c < 123)
              {
                  val += Convert.ToInt16(c) - 96;
              }
          }

          return val;
    }