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- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 91 12:17:48 +0200
- From: Jari Perkiomaki <fk00133r@uwasa.fi>
- To: Timo Salmi <ts@uwasa.fi>
- Subject: WLIST.EXE -- A fast word frequency and word length counter
-
- (C) Copyright 1990 Ari Hovila. Based on the ideas of Ari Hovila and
- Jari Perkiomaki, University of Vaasa.
-
- Syntax : wlist [-m] [-e] [-a] file
-
- Options: <no option> : lists all words in lower case
- -m : lists all words 'as-is'
- -e : sorts words by their endings
- -a : makes a plain word list, no frequencies or statistics
-
- Description:
-
- WLIST is our first more "serious" attempt to do things with words. We
- needed a utility that would not only make plain word lists but also do some
- statistics, preferably suitable for linguistic purposes. Furthermore, the
- programme must be capable of handling the Finnish way of sorting, and long
- words (right now WLIST can handle words as long as 50 characters) and, of
- course, be as quick as possible.
-
- Using WLIST is rather straight-forward. By default, it lists words in
- ascending alphabetical order (the Finnish characters will be sorted
- correctly) and in lower case. The output will show the frequency and length
- of each word as well as an analysis of overall word length distribution
- (chars/word). Moreover, the statistics include the totality and the
- average lengths of all words and different words.
-
- You may find the different options, which are described above, useful.
- Please note that they can all be freely combined for the preferred result.
-
- WLIST is a programme under development. We are anxious to know your opinion
- about this programme. Please send your suggestions and comments by e-mail
- either to Ari Hovila <ajh@uwasa.fi> or Jari Perkiomaki <fk00133r@uwasa.fi>.
-