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?
Do kids even use phone numbers anynmore? Isn't all "contacts" on their cell phones?
ReplyDeleteOn 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