crunching https://projecteuler.net/problem=22

name_scores.rb

class Euler
  ALPHABET = ("A".."Z").to_a
  VALUES = {}
  
  def initialize
    get_values
    get_names
    find_score
  end

  def find_score
    @score = calculate_scores
  end

  def score
    puts @score
  end

  def get_values
    ALPHABET.each{|letter| VALUES.merge!({"#{letter}": (ALPHABET.find_index(letter) + 1) })}
  end

  def get_names
    names = File.readlines('./euler_name_scores.txt');
    @names = names.first.split(",").sort
  end

  def calculate_scores
    total = 0
    @names.each do |name|
      name.gsub!("\"","") 
      val = 0
      name.each_char do |letter|
        val += VALUES[letter.to_sym]
      end
      if name == "COLIN"
        puts "TEST: \nval is #{val}"
        puts "name index is #{@names.find_index(name)}"
        puts "total is #{val * @names.find_index(name)}"
      end
      total += val * (@names.find_index(name) + 1)
    end
    total
  end

end

Euler.new.score