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XTRACT
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04 November, 1994
It would be convenient to have the computer find in the master word list all
words containing any given set of letters. The letters might be in any random
order in the words selected, but they would all be present in that word. This
would be useful for creating lists of words with unusual letter combinations
for study to increase one's skill at Scrabble (tm) and similar word games.
Likewise, certain letters can be excluded from the words to be found. This
makes it possible to, for example, find all "valid" words containing q and t,
but not r and e.
To use XTRACT, just type: XTRACT xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the letter set that
you wish the word list to be searched for. All "valid" words containing all
letters in that set, in any particular order, will be extracted and saved in
a file with an .xtr suffix.
To exclude a certain letter or letters, precede the excluded letters with an
~ or with an !, those being the standard symbols for logical NOT.
As an example, to find all "valid" words containing the letters -zf-, simply
type: xtract zf. After a few seconds wait, the file zf.xtr will contain
all words containing that unusual combination, and it is surprising to find
that there are 194 of them.
As a second example, find all "valid" words containing the letters -qt-, but
excluding -er-. Just type: xtract qt~er or xtract qt!er. Either method
works.
Note that it is possible to specify only letters to exclude, for example, by
typing ~aeiou or !aeiou, obtain a list of all words not containing any of the
letters a, e, i, or u, but any other letters.
The entire WORDY package still costs only $2.00 (cheap!) to register - a real
value in these days of inflated shareware registration fees, not to mention
overpriced commercial software produced by committees of overpaid profession-
al programmers.
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M\Cooper
3425 Chestnut Ridge Rd.
Grantsville, MD 21536-9801
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