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- RF File Reformat Utility
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- October 1995 - December 1995
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- The pattern-matching word extraction utilities provided as part of the WORDY
- package have one minor flaw, they print word lists *one-across* into files.
- This can be awkward and inconvenient for those wishing to print out the word
- files onto paper. The RF File Reformat Utility will reformat those word files
- for more efficient reading and more economical use of printer paper.
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- To use the RF File Reformat Utility, type: RF filename (from the DOS
- prompt). In just a few seconds, the wordfile will be reformatted in the most
- efficient manner [between 5 and 13 columns, depending on the maximum word
- length in the file]. This may take as long as a half minute for extremely
- long files. Note that this utility is intended for use with the word files
- created by the XTRACT, XFIND, INSET, and other pattern-matching utilities
- provided with the WORDY package. The use of RF with any other type of files
- will produce unpredictable results.
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- As of version 3.60 or better of WORDY, the RF utility has increased function-
- ality. You may now type a third specification on the command line, giving the
- maximum, minimum, or exact length of the words in the ReFormatted list. For
- example, to RF the file XXXXX.XXX, but to copy only words with exactly five
- letters, type: RF XXXXX.XXX =5 (or rf xxxxx.xxx e5). To copy words with
- less than five letters, type RF XXXXX.XXX l5. Likewise to copy words with
- more than three letters, type RF XXXXX.XXX g5. The "length restriction spec-
- ifiers" are: [ = e E ] for EQUAL, [ l L F f U u S s ] for LESS THAN,
- [ g G M m O o ] for GREATER THAN. Note that leaving off this specification
- when invoking RF lets it return to the default behavior of copying *all* the
- words in the original file to the ReFormatted file, as noted in the second
- paragraph above.
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- Additional clarification: You may use any *one* of the above given specifiers
- to qualify the length of words copied to the ReFormatted file. As an example,
- RF abcdefg.lst =5 RF abcdefg.lst e5 and RF abcdefg.lst E5
- ALL HAVE THE SAME RESULT,
- to ReFormat the file abcdefg.lst using words only with length exactly equal
- to five. RF abcdefg.lst l5 RF abcdefg.lst F5, etc. have the same effect
- of ReFormatting the abcdefg.lst file using words with length *less than* five
- only. RF abcdefg.lst has the effect of ReFormatting the abcdefg.lst file
- and copying over *all* the words in the original. It was not my intention to
- complicate things, but to make RF more powerful and flexible. Experiment.
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- *** WARNING: ***
- Once a file has been ReFormatted, the other utilities in the WORDY package,
- such as XFIND and XTRACT will no longer work on it. Additionally, it is not
- possible to go backwards and easily recreate the original file from the
- ReFormatted one. Therefore, before using the RF utility on a word file, make
- certain you have a copy of the original file safe on a floppy or in another
- subdirectory.
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- The RF utility is part of the WORDY package. Registration for the *entire*
- WORDY package is still only $2.00.
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- M\Cooper
- 3425 Chestnut Ridge Rd.
- Grantsville, MD 21536-9801
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- Email: thegrendel@aol.com
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- WORDY (pd) is *not* a trademark, and may not be trademarked. It is in the
- Public Domain, which means it belongs to everyone. RF is not a trademark.
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