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If your sum each letter in a name using a=1, b=2... # will the name be a prime number? Or even better, a palindrome?
#!/usr/bin/python3
# coding: utf-8
#
# If you sum each letter in a name using a=1, b=2...
# will the name be a prime number? Or even better, a palindrome?
#
import sys
def main():
'''Convert each character in a name to a number (a=1, b=2..)
and check if it is a prime number summed.'''
chars = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', \
'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', 'æ', 'ø', 'å']
# Get a name input, can be one or more names
try:
input_name = sys.argv[1]
except:
input_name = input('Enter a name: ')
# Clean up name
input_name_clean = input_name.lower().replace(" ", "").replace("-", "")
# Check each character againts the alphabet list, and sum it
sum_name = (sum(chars.index(c) + 1 for c in input_name_clean))
# Check if the sum is a prime number or not
if all(sum_name % i for i in range(2, sum_name)):
# Also, check if number is palindrom
reverse_name = str(sum_name)[::-1]
if sum_name == int(reverse_name):
print("{} is a palindromeprime ({})".format(input_name, str(sum_name)))
else:
print("{} is a prime ({})".format(input_name, str(sum_name)))
else:
print("{} is not a prime ({})".format(input_name, str(sum_name)))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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