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If the numbers 1 to 5 are written out in words: one, two, three, four, five, then there are 3 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 4 = 19 letters used in total. If all the numbers from 1 to 1000 (one thousand) inclusive were written out in words, how many letters would be us
#include <stdio.h>
int numLetters1_19[] =
{
sizeof("one") - 1,
sizeof("two") - 1,
sizeof("three") - 1,
sizeof("four") - 1,
sizeof("five") - 1,
sizeof("six") - 1,
sizeof("seven") - 1,
sizeof("eight") - 1,
sizeof("nine") - 1,
sizeof("ten") - 1,
sizeof("eleven") - 1,
sizeof("twelve") - 1,
sizeof("thirteen") - 1,
sizeof("fourteen") - 1,
sizeof("fifteen") - 1,
sizeof("sixteen") - 1,
sizeof("seventeen") - 1,
sizeof("eighteen") - 1,
sizeof("nineteen") - 1,
};
int numLetters2Tens[] =
{
sizeof("twenty") - 1,
sizeof("thirty") - 1,
sizeof("forty") - 1,
sizeof("fifty") - 1,
sizeof("sixty") - 1,
sizeof("seventy") - 1,
sizeof("eighty") - 1,
sizeof("ninety") - 1,
};
#define GET_NUM_LETTERS_1_19(N) numLetters1_19[N - 1]
#define GET_NUM_LETTERS_2Tens(N) numLetters2Tens[N - 2]
int numLettersHundred = sizeof("hundred") - 1;
int numLettersAnd = sizeof("and") - 1;
int numLettersThound = sizeof("thousand") - 1;
int countLettersLessThan1000(int num)
{
int numLetters = 0;
int nThousand = num / 1000;
if (nThousand > 0)
{
numLetters += GET_NUM_LETTERS_1_19(nThousand);
numLetters += numLettersThound;
}
num = num % 1000;
int nHundred = num / 100;
bool hasHundred = false;
if (nHundred > 0)
{
numLetters += GET_NUM_LETTERS_1_19(nHundred);
numLetters += numLettersHundred;
hasHundred = true;
}
num = num % 100;
if (num > 0)
{
if (hasHundred)
{
numLetters += numLettersAnd;
}
if (num <= 19)
{
numLetters += GET_NUM_LETTERS_1_19(num);
}
else
{
int nTens = num / 10;
numLetters += GET_NUM_LETTERS_2Tens(nTens);
num = num % 10;
if (num > 0)
{
numLetters += GET_NUM_LETTERS_1_19(num);
}
}
}
return numLetters;
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
int totalNumLetters = 0;
for (int i = 1; i <= 1000; ++i)
{
totalNumLetters += countLettersLessThan1000(i);
}
printf("%d\n", totalNumLetters);
return 0;
}
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