A111098 Smallest nonnegative integer containing the n-th letter of the alphabet (in US English), or -1 if no such integer exists.

1000, 1000000000, 1000000000000000000000000000, 100, 0, 4, 8, 3, 5, -1, -1, 11, 1000000, 1, 0, 1000000000000000000000000, 1000000000000000, 0, 6, 2, 4, 5, 2, 6, 20, 0

Offset

1,1

Comments

This is assuming the use of the short scale for large numbers.

In British English, the first term is 101 (from "and").

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..26.

Wikipedia, Échelles longue et courte

Crossrefs

Cf. A147876. Differs from A029722 because "zero" is permitted.

Sequence in context: A234605 A013793 A013856 * A029722 A282638 A283014

Adjacent sequences: A111095 A111096 A111097 * A111099 A111100 A111101

Keyword

fini,sign,full,word

Author

Greg Huber, Oct 13 2005

Extensions

Sequence completed by Daniel Mondot, Nov 21 2008

Status

approved