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problem-42.py

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+import string
+import requests
+
+MAX_NUM = 10000
+letter_values = dict(zip(string.ascii_uppercase, list(range(1, 27))))
+triangle_numbers = [0.5*n*(n+1) for n in range(MAX_NUM+1)]
+
+def value(word):
+    value = 0
+    for letter in word:
+        value += letter_values[letter]
+    return value
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    data_url = 'https://projecteuler.net/project/resources/p042_words.txt'
+    text = requests.get(data_url).text.replace('"', '')
+    words = text.split(',')
+
+    results = []
+    for word in words:
+        if value(word) in triangle_numbers:
+            results.append(word)
+    print(results)
+    print(len(results))
+
+