"""
 name_sum.py

   Zelle chap 4 exercise 6 :
   Write a program which calculates
   the sum of a name, where 'a' is 1,
   'b' is 2, and so on.

   $ python name_sum.py 
   -- name sum --
   What is the name? james
   The name total is 48.

 Jim Mahoney | Sep 2014
"""

def main():
    print "-- name sum --"
    name = raw_input("What is the name? ")
    name = name.lower()
    total = 0
    for letter in name:
        total = total + ord(letter) - ord('a') + 1
        # -- uncomment these to see debugging --
        # print letter, ord(letter), ord(letter) - ord('a') + 1
        # print "total is now", total
        # print
    print "The name total is {}.".format(total)

main()