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+#pythonSolutionToEulerProblem17
+
+uniqueworddict={1:len("one"),2:len("two"),3:len("three"),
+4:len("four"),5:len("five"), 6:len("six"),7:len("seven"),
+8:len("eight"),9:len("nine"),10:len("ten"),
+11:len("eleven"),12:len("twelve"),13:len("thirteen"),14:len("fourteen"),
+15:len("fifteen"),16:len("sixteen"),17:len("seventeen"),
+18:len("eighteen"),19:len("nineteen"),20:len("twenty"),
+30:len("thirty"),40:len("fourty"),50:len("fifty"),
+60:len("sixty"),70:len("seventy"),80:len("eighty"),
+90:len("ninety"),100:len("onehundred"),200:len("twohundred"),
+300:len("threehundred"),400:len("fourhundred"),
+500:len("fivehundred"),600:len("sixhundred"),700:len("sevenhundred"),
+800:len("eighthundred"),900:len("ninehundred"),1000:len("onethousand")}
+
+sum=0
+for x in range(1,1001):
+	s_sum=sum
+	if len(str(x))==4: sum+=uniqueworddict[1000]
+	elif len(str(x))==3:
+		hundreds=int(str(x)[0]+"00")
+		if x%100!=0: sum+=uniqueworddict[hundreds]+3
+		else: sum+=uniqueworddict[hundreds]
+		tens=int(str(x)[1]+"0")
+		if tens!=00: sum+=uniqueworddict[tens]
+		ones=int(str(x)[2])
+		if ones!=0: sum+=uniqueworddict[ones]
+	elif len(str(x))==2 and str(x)[0]!="1":
+		tens=int(str(x)[0]+"0")
+		if tens!=00: sum+=uniqueworddict[tens]
+		ones=int(str(x)[1])
+		if ones!=0: sum+=uniqueworddict[ones]
+	elif len(str(x))==2 and str(x)[0]=="1":
+		sum+=uniqueworddict[x]
+	else:
+		sum+=uniqueworddict[x] 
+	#if you want to print the sum individually uncomment the follwoing line
+    #print (x,sum,sum-s_sum)
+
+print(sum)
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