str to number in ax 2009

Finance and Operations/AX Developer Forum
1

Hi there,

can anyone help me with this scenario.?

If I give a string as input, it should give as output, the sum total of its positional value.

eg;

a=1

b=2

.

.

.

z=26

now if I give the string “good” as input the output should be 41. (g=7,o=15,o=15,d=4 and 7+15+15+4=41).

thanks in advance…

2

static void wordToNumber(Args _args)

{

int length;

int i = 1;

int wordIntoNum;

Map letterMap = new Map(Types::String, Types::Integer);

#define.value(‘DAD’)

;

letterMap.insert(‘A’, 1);

letterMap.insert(‘B’, 2);

letterMap.insert(‘C’, 3);

letterMap.insert(‘D’, 4);

length = strlen(#value);

for (i = 1; i <= length; i++)

{

wordIntoNum += letterMap.lookup(substr(#value, i, 1));

}

info(int2str(wordIntoNum));

}

3

A quick and dirty solution:

str input = "good";
int i, total;

for (i = 1; i <= strLen(input); i++)
{
    total += char2num(input, i) - 96;
}
4

I think we should also consider whether the letters are capital or not when using char2num in this situation as they have different ASCII values

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

5

Of course, if I get more detailed requirements (such as capital letters, which haven’t been mentioned in the question), I would look for some less quick and dirty solution - but I think it’s better not to overcomplicate examples from the beginning with potential requirements. [:)]

6

thank you so much for the reply friend…!

7

Thanks a lot friend…!