else/DailyProgrammer/d222_balance.py
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WORDS = ['STEAD','CONSUBSTANTIATION','WRONGHEADED','UNINTELLIGIBILITY']
def get_weight(character, distance):
return (ord(character.lower()) - 96) * distance
def try_balancing(word, pivot):
left = word[:pivot]
wleft = sum(get_weight(left[x], len(left)-x) for x in range(len(left)))
right = word[pivot+1:]
wright = sum(get_weight(right[x], x+1) for x in range(len(right)))
if wright == wleft:
print '%s %s %s - %d' % (left, word[pivot], right, wleft)
for word in WORDS:
for x in range(len(word)):
try_balancing(word, x)