A114332 English spelling of n ends with a(n)-th letter of the alphabet.
15, 5, 15, 5, 18, 5, 24, 14, 20, 5, 14, 14, 5, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 25, 5, 15, 5, 18, 5, 24, 14, 20, 5, 25, 5, 15, 5, 18, 5, 24, 14, 20, 5, 25, 5, 15, 5, 18, 5, 24, 14, 20, 5, 25, 5, 15, 5, 18, 5, 24, 14, 20, 5, 25, 5, 15, 5, 18, 5, 24, 14, 20, 5, 25, 5, 15, 5, 18, 5, 24, 14, 20, 5
Offset: 0
Examples
'One' ends with 'e', which is the 5th letter of the alphabet, hence a(1)=5. 'Two' ends with 'o', which is the 15th letter of the alphabet, hence a(2)=15.
Links
- Tanar Ulric, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
- B. Deal, Blaine's Puzzle Blog.
- Chuck Gaydos, Sequence puzzle posting at Clifford Pickover forum.
Programs
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Python
def a(n): if n == 0: return 15 # zerO if n%1000000 == 0: return 14 # millioN, billioN, ... r = n%100 if r == 0: return 4 # hundreD, thousanD if r == 12: return 5 # twelvE if 10 <= r < 20: return 14 # teN, eleveN, thirteeN, ..., nineteeN return [25, 5, 15, 5, 18, 5, 24, 14, 20, 5][n%10] # *Y, *onE, ..., *ninE print([a(n) for n in range(101)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Jan 19 2022
Extensions
a(0)=15 prepended by Tanar Ulric, Jan 20 2022