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    "# Coded triangle numbers (Euler Problem 42)"
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    "The nth term of the sequence of triangle numbers is given by, $t_n = \\frac{1}{2}n(n+1)$; so the first ten triangle numbers are:\n",
    "\n",
    "    1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, ...\n",
    "\n",
    "By converting each letter in a word to a number corresponding to its alphabetical position and adding these values we form a word value. For example, the word value for SKY is 19 + 11 + 25 = 55 = $t_{10}$. If the word value is a triangle number then we shall call the word a triangle word.\n",
    "\n",
    "Using words.txt (right click and 'Save Link/Target As...'), a 16K text file containing nearly two-thousand common English words, how many are triangle words? (The file is saved in the same directory as this notebook file as EulerProblem042.txt)"
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    "def get_words():\n",
    "    with open(\"EulerProblem042.txt\", \"r\") as f:\n",
    "        s = f.read()\n",
    "    words = [w.strip('\"') for w in s.split(\",\")]\n",
    "    return words\n",
    "\n",
    "def calculate_word_value(word):\n",
    "    word = word.upper()\n",
    "    return sum([ord(letter) - 64 for letter in word])\n",
    "\n",
    "assert(calculate_word_value(\"sky\") == 55)\n",
    "\n",
    "def get_triangle_numbers(n):\n",
    "    return {n * (n + 1) // 2 for n in range(1, 101)}"
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      "162\n"
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    "triangle_numbers = get_triangle_numbers(100)\n",
    "\n",
    "s = len([word for word in get_words() if calculate_word_value(word) in triangle_numbers])\n",
    "assert(s == 162)\n",
    "print(s)"
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