scrabble.rb

@values = {"a" => 1, "b" => 3, "c" => 3, "d" => 2, "e" => 1, "f" => 4, "g" => 2, "h" => 4, "i" => 1, "j" => 8, "k" => 5, "l" => 1, "m" => 3, "n" => 1, "o" => 1, "p" => 3, "q" => 10, "r" => 1, "s" => 1, "t" => 1, "u" => 1, "v" => 4, "w" => 4, "x" => 8, "y" => 4, "z" => 10}

def getChar(c)
	@values[c.downcase]
end

def getWord(w)
	sum = 0
	w.each_char do |c|
		sum += getChar c unless getChar(c).nil?
	end
	sum 
end

print "enter word: "
puts getWord gets.strip