Re^2: numerology experiment

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Why does this not result in a total of 81?

The letter "a" appears 3 times: 3x7=21

The letter "e" appears 4 times: 4x2=8

The letter "z" appears 2 times: 2x26=52

21+8+52=81, not 126.

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Re^3: numerology experiment by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 26, 2007 at 21:41 UTC
Because of a bug ;). `map {++$counter, $wanted{$_}}` should have been `map {++$counter; $wanted{$_}}` (note the s/,/;/). Perl is environmentally friendly - it saves trees	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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