You start by taking two names, for example, "Alice" and "Bob". Convert both names to lowercase to make sure the comparison is case-insensitive. So, "Alice" becomes "alice" and "Bob" becomes "bob". Combine these names into one single string: "alicebob".
Look at each unique letter in this combined string. Count how many times each letter appears. For instance, in "alicebob", the letter 'a' appears once, 'b' appears twice, 'c' appears once, and so on. Create a list of these counts. If our string was "alicebob", the counts might look like: [1, 2, 1, 1, 2] (corresponding to letters 'a', 'b', 'c', 'i', and 'e').
Turn this list of counts into a single number. For example, if our counts were [1, 2, 1, 1, 2], the number would be "12112".
To make the number more manageable, combine its digits in pairs and add them together. If we have "12112", we would combine the first and last digits (1 + 2) and the next pair (2 + 1), and so on. This process is repeated until we get a final two-digit number.
The final two-digit number represents the "love percentage" between the two names. For example, if the result after reducing is "73", then the love percentage is 73%.
In essence, the Love Calculator combines names, counts each letter's occurrences, forms a number from these counts, and then simplifies this number to get a final "love percentage." It’s a fun and playful way to see how names might match based on their letters!