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<h1>Word Patterns</h1>
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This program generates word codes showing the patterns of repeating letters
in words. It is intended for use in breaking simple substitution ciphers such
as monoalphabets.
<h2>About Word Patterns</h2>
Examples: <p>
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<tr><td >ABBA </td><td > 4-1221 </td></tr>
<tr><td >COMPUTER </td><td > 8-12345678 </td></tr>
<tr><td >IT </td><td > 2-12 </td></tr>
<tr><td >APPROPRIATE</td><td > 11-12234235167 </td></tr>
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Lets lok at what the parts mean. The first number, before the dash is the
length of the word. After that, there is a number for each letter in the
word. Every time a particular letter appears, the corresponding number is the
same - both the 'A's is Abba are '1' and both 'B's are '2'. If there are more
than nine different letters in a word, then 'A' 'B' 'C' etc are used after
'9'. The numbers are given out in order - '1' is given to the first letter,
then '2' to the second letter - unless the second letter is the same as the
first, in which case '2' is given to the third letter, and so on. This means
that the number after the dash will always be '1'. <p>
Word patterns are used to help crack substitution ciphers. Details on the
techniques for using them can be obtained in a cryptographic reference.
<h2>Using the Pattern Generator</h2>
You can use the program to calculate a pattern from a word, and (usually) to
find the words that fit a given pattern. To calculate a word pattern, simple
type 'wordpat' and enter the word when prompted. All non-alphabetic
charactars in the word will be ignored.<p>
Going the other way round is somewhat more difficult. The idea is that the
program generates a huge list of word patterns, and the words that have these
patterns. To make this, it needs a word list - a text file containg many
words. These are available on the Internet, and often included in Unix
installations. The word list should be separated by spaces and/or new line
characters. No line should be more than 255 charactars long (include new line
charactars). All non-alphabetic charactars will be ignored; case does not
matter; duplicate words will be recognised, and only one copy included in the
output.<p>
To generate the list of word patterns, type 'wordpat wordlist1 wordlist2 ...'
where wordlistX is the file name of each word list you have. This may take
some time, depending on the length of your word lists and the speed of your
computer. Note that whilst doing this, the SORT program is used - so this
must be in your path.<p>
When the program has completed, it will have generated several .WL files. They
are named according to the length of the words then contain - 3.WL has all the
three letter words, and so on. Inside each file, the patterns appear in sorted
order, and on the lines following each pattern are all the words which fit that
pattern, in sorted order. Patterns which no words fit are not included in the
.WL file.<p>
So, if you have a pattern and you want to find the words that match it, you
open the appropriate .WL file, locate the pattern and if present the words
are immediately beneath the pattern. If the pattern is not present, the word
list did not contain a word with that pattern.
<hr><center><small>© Copyright Paul Johnston (paj28@cam.ac.uk), 1996 - 2000. Please read the legal notice for copyright information and disclaimer.</small></center></body></html>⌨️ 快捷键说明
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