Project ideas are everywhere. Today a friend apparently spent some time figuring out what words his phone number spelled. It turns out that there are several web sites that will do this for you.
The one I tried was https://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/seo-tools/phone-number-spell/ and it works pretty well. My area code has a zero in it so that is a problem. My number also has some 1s in it and there are no letters for that either. Still it can be a fun thing to try.
I was thinking this might make a good programming task for beginners though. Some fun with loops and arrays perhaps. How many combinations are there? Can we verify actual words with a dictionary look up?
How about going the other way, translating seven or ten letter words/phrases into phone numbers?
Anyone tried something like this? I think I may take advantage of my sick day today to play around with the idea some more. Any suggestions?
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Do kids even use phone numbers anynmore? Isn't all "contacts" on their cell phones?
On the other hand, you can tie this in to a lot of great history and networking if you go back to the old exchanges.
Here are a couple of link:
Exchange names
Old signs with exchanges
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