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+def score(name):
+	sum = 0
+	for char in name:
+		sum += ord(char) - 64
+	return sum
+
+triangle_numbers = [ int(0.5*n*(n-1)) for n in range(2, 200) ]
+count = 0
+
+f = open('042.txt', 'r')
+for word in f:
+	word = word.rstrip("\n")
+	if score(word) in triangle_numbers:
+		count += 1
+f.close()
+
+print count
+