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at June 8, 2010 22:01 by chroto


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#!/usr/bin/python

# Project Euler - Problem 17
# In the numbers 1 - 1000 how many letters are needed
# to spell out each word.

sum = 11 # one thousand
for n in range(1,1000):
    
    if n % 900 != n:
        sum += 14 # 'nine hundred and'
        x = n % 900
    elif n % 800 != n:
        sum += 15 # 'eight hundred and'
        x = n % 800
    elif n % 700 != n:
        sum += 15 # 'seven hundred and'
        x = n % 700
    elif n % 600 != n:
        sum += 13 # 'six hundred and'
        x = n % 600
    elif n % 500 != n:
        sum += 14 # 'five hundred and'
        x = n % 500
    elif n % 400 != n:
        sum += 14 # 'four hundred and'
        x = n % 400
    elif n % 300 != n:
       sum += 15 # 'three hundred and'
       x = n % 300
    elif n % 200 != n:
        sum += 13 # 'two hundred and'
        x = n % 200
    elif n % 100 != n:
        sum += 13 # 'one hundred and'
        x = n % 100
    else:
        x = n # n < 100
        
    if x == 0:
        sum -= 3 # 'remove "and"'
    elif x % 90 != x:
        sum += 6 # 'ninety'
        x = x % 90
    elif x % 80 != x:
        sum += 6 # 'eighty'
        x = x % 80
    elif x % 70 != x:
        sum += 7 # 'seventy'
        x = x % 70
    elif x % 60 != x:
        sum += 5 # 'sixty'
        x = x % 60
    elif x % 50 != x:
       sum += 5 # 'fifty'
       x = x % 50
    elif x % 40 != x:
        sum += 5 # 'forty'
        x = x % 40
    elif x % 30 != x:
        sum += 6 # 'thirty'
        x = x % 30
    elif x % 20 != x:
        sum += 6 # 'twenty'
        x = x % 20
    elif x % 10 != x:
       if x == 17:
           sum += 9
       elif x == 11 or x == 12:
           sum += 6
       elif x == 15 or x == 16:
           sum += 7
       elif x == 10:
           sum += 3
       else:
           sum += 8
       x = 0
           
    if x == 1 or x == 2 or x == 6:
        sum += 3
    elif x == 3 or x == 7 or x== 8:
        sum += 5
    elif x == 4 or x == 5 or x == 9:
        sum += 4
        

print sum

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