Lucky Number: Computing Numerological sum of Alphanumeric text

By K. Ramanraj

Numerological Table

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ABCDEFGHI
JKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ

Numerological sum calculator:

Enter names, dates or any text:
Work Sheet:

Numerological sum:

Numerological sums are calculated by reducing all letters to their numerical equivalent and totaling the digits until a single digit is arrived. For example, for the name "K. Ramanraj", the numerological equivalents are as follows:
KRamanraj
291415911

Computing Numerological sum:

=> 2 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 1

=> 33

=> 3 + 3

=> 6

Therefore, the Numerological sum = 6

The work sheet displays the entire computation done.

A more efficient way of computing Numerological sum:

There is a more elegant way of arriving at the result. Take the first two numbers and add them. If the result overflows 9, then subtract 9 from the result. If one of the numbers is 9, treat it as a 0. If both are 9, then the result is 9. In the current example 2 + 9 => 2 + 0 = 2. The answer 2 is the numerological sum for the characters K and R evaluated so far. Add the equivalent for the next character and repeat the exercise till the last character. Thus for the remainder of the digits, 2 + 1 = 3; 3 + 4 = 7; 7 + 1 = 8; 8 + 5 => 13 - 9 = 4; 4 + 9 => 4 + 0 = 4; 4 + 1 = 5; 5 + 1 = 6.

Using this method, with a little practice, the numerological sum of even very long text or numbers can be computed mentally, almost as quickly as the characters are read without even the aid of paper or an application like this.

About the script used for computing the sum:

I am not superstitious. I neither believe in numerology nor the theories and proofs offered in support of it. Nevertheless, its value to demonstrate elegance in mathematics and computing cannot be denied.

The code for this script is simple. A few lines to get the numerical equivalent, and the arithmetic itself is done merely with: 

lucky_number = lucky_number + numerical_equivalent;
if (lucky_number > 9){
  lucky_number = lucky_number - 9;
}

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