Questions tagged [letters]

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How to set value of alphabet letter? C++

Well, I have to make a task, that will sort elements of array in UNIQUE way. So, for example, if I input 1st string: BOB, I have to do: 2+15+2 (because of their positioning in the alphabet) and then divide by amount of chars /3 and do that for all…
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javascript words on top of each other

I have a javascript code that writes out a list. But the words are written on top of each other making it hard to read. No matter what i put in the list, and no matter the browser I use, the words are written atop eachother. It seems to allow…
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A program that returns the letter that comes after and before

Im new to programming. The mission is to make a program that returns the pred and succ letter of a given letter as output data. The input data is any letter between b and z. I have declared every letter b-z as variables of themselves, and the input…
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I am trying to find the missing letter in a string of consecutive letters in Java

I don't understand where is the mistake. Can you tell me where is the mistake? public class FindtheMissingLetter { public static char findMissingLetter(char[] array) { char letter; for(int i=0;i
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Terminate called after throwing an instance - C++ error?

In this program I have a string which I pass as a parameter to a function. I want the function to erase all adjacent letters from a string containing only letters from a-z, always ordered alphabetically. For example if i enter aaabbccd, the program…
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What is the regular expression for checking if the word consists only of the given characters?

I need a regular expression for python 2.7 that checks if a given word consists only of the letters 'a', 'b', 'r', 'e', 'd'. Please Help! I tried the following code: text = raw_input ('Enter Text:') result = re.match(r'[abred]+', text) if result: …
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Crazy Challenge: Rotating Letters in Python Encipher Function

I'm trying to write a function rot(c,n) that rotates a single character c forward by n spots in the alphabet. def rot(c,n): """ rotate c forward by n characters, wrapping as needed; only letters change """ if 'a' <= c <= 'z': #…
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How to count the letters in a text with Javascript?

I am currently trying to write a ''web application'' that has a simple text area inside, in which I want the letters of the text written to be pointed out. For example, if I write: ''How old are you? I am 19 years old'' I need a code to tell me how…
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python: how to sort a list of letters and numbers

Such as, lista = [300KB, 12MB, 100KB, 1GB], i want to process lista, then change it to [100KB, 300KB, 12MB, 1GB] How to sort it using simple method?
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How to count how many different letters are in one text string?

How to count how many different letters are in one text string ?
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How to change letters to other letters Java

I am trying to make an app with java where you input a sentence, and the app changes the letters to other specified letters. What I need to know is how to do a "text input" and how to change the letters. Currently, I am not getting any errors, but…
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