Problem 3081. Scrabble Scores - 4

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This problem is part of a set of problems that successively develop a more sophisticated Scrabble scoring routine. The point distribution for scoring is provided here. (Use the English points distribution.)For this problem, you will be provided with a set of words and the accompanying bonus squares that each word covered. The words will be provided in a cell array of strings. Write a function to calculate the total score for the set of words using the multipliers. The multipliers are as follows:<pre> * D: double word
 * T: triple word
 * Q: quadruple word
 * d: double letter
 * t: triple letter
 * q: quadruple letter</pre>For those not familiar with quadruple word (Q) and quadruple letter (q), those were introduced in Super Scrabble. Also, remember that the d, t, and q multipliers take effect before the D, T, and Q multipliers. Also, multiple word multipliers can be present, having a cumulative effect (e.g., D & T = *6).As an example, if the word were 'matlab' and the multiplier string array was<pre class="language-matlab">[' ','D',' ',' ',' ','d'] (or ' D d')
</pre>then the score would be (3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2*3)*2 = 26. Each word in the set should be scored in this manner and the total score summed.Related problems:Previous problem: 3 - <a href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/3048-scrabble-scores-3">Single-word multiplier scoring</a>. Next problem: 5 - <a href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/3050-scrabble-scores-5">Multiplayer word-set scoring</a>.

This problem is part of a set of problems that successively develop a more sophisticated Scrabble scoring routine. The point distribution for scoring is provided here. (Use the English points distribution.)

For this problem, you will be provided with a set of words and the accompanying bonus squares that each word covered. The words will be provided in a cell array of strings. Write a function to calculate the total score for the set of words using the multipliers. The multipliers are as follows:

* D: double word
 * T: triple word
 * Q: quadruple word
 * d: double letter
 * t: triple letter
 * q: quadruple letter

For those not familiar with quadruple word (Q) and quadruple letter (q), those were introduced in Super Scrabble. Also, remember that the d, t, and q multipliers take effect before the D, T, and Q multipliers. Also, multiple word multipliers can be present, having a cumulative effect (e.g., D & T = *6).

As an example, if the word were 'matlab' and the multiplier string array was

[' ','D',' ',' ',' ','d'] (or ' D   d')

then the score would be (3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2*3)*2 = 26. Each word in the set should be scored in this manner and the total score summed.

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goc3 on 14 Mar 2015

This is a revised version of problem #4 in the Scrabble Scores series. The multipliers are in strings arrays, rather than double-level cell arrays, to coincide with the subsequent problems.

Nikolaos Nikolaou on 10 Apr 2020

Test suit is broken as it keeps only the first case string array to the entire suit . Please fix since its a Word Puzzles problem

goc3 on 11 Apr 2020

@Nikolaos Nikolaou: can you be more specific? I just re-tested two previous solutions and they worked fine. Each of the test cases contains single-line variables.

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 30 Oct 2020

I've just solved the problem. It seems to be working fine.

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