protected override void Solve(out string answer)
{
string dataFile = "ProblemData\\p022_names.txt";
var data = File.OpenText(dataFile);
var namesString = data.ReadToEnd();
data.Close();
//Extract names into an array of strings
var names = namesString.Split(',').Select(t => new NameObject {
Name = t.Trim('"')
}).ToArray();
var sortedNames = names.OrderBy(t => t.Name).ToArray();
//Short test of alphabetical value.
var test = new NameObject {
Name = "COLIN"
};
var testValue = test.AlphabeticalValue;
//Calculate the sum of all scores.
var totalValue = 0;
var currentPos = 1;
foreach (var name in sortedNames)
{
totalValue += name.AlphabeticalValue * currentPos;
currentPos++;
}
answer = string.Format("Total sum of all the name scores in the file is {0}.", totalValue);
}
internal static int GetAlphabeticalValue(this NameObject me)
{
var value = me.Name.Select(c => c - 'A' + 1).Sum();
return(value);
}