writing the numbers 1-100 in order and seeing the middle letter

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writing the numbers 1-100 in order and seeing the middle letter

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Created on Sep 15, 2017

This example examines the letters at the center of the concatenated text formed by writing the numbers 1 through 100 as words, with and without hyphens. It uses Python’s built-in string methods to join the number list, remove hyphens, and index the middle character by calculating half the total length. The visualization shows the resulting middle letter for four variations: with and without hyphen removal, and with spaces versus no spaces between numbers. The code relies solely on Python’s `list`, `join`, `replace`, and `len` functions, with no external libraries or graphical output.

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