On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Todd Benson <caduceass / gmail.com>
> golfing solution...
>
> 'HELLO'.unpack('C*').inject(0){|s, b|s+(b-65)%9}

Oh, I didn't see Sebastian's previous solution.  I also forgot the +1
after the %9.

Todd