[CW] Another cw practice related utility & a large practice word file

[Bill Lanahan]

My  last post should have started with "the following has been added to my
home page: qsl.net/wa2nfn"

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On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 9:34 PM Bill Lanahan <wa2nfn at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 9:30 PM Bill Lanahan <wa2nfn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> *An alphabetized list of 58,000 English words.
>> <http://www.Mieliestronk.com/wordlist.html>
>> http://www.Mieliestronk/words.html <http://www.Mieliestronk/words.html>*
>> Use as input to "cwpt.exe", "random.exe" (next link), or code tutors.
>> *Download random.exe for windows AMD-64, utility to randomize data (see
>> below) <https://www.qsl.net/wa2nfn/random.exe>*
>> The text below is available by running: random.exe -help
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>> random.exe - randomize stings in a file for a morse tutor, sending practice, typing practice, etc.
>>
>> random.exe [-in=in.txt] [-out=] [-min=1] [-max=25] [-num=0] (default options shown)
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>> where:
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>>  -in is the input file to read to obtain character strings (default in.txt)
>>  -out is the output file to write to (default is stdout (your screen))
>>  -min the minimum length of a string to save (default=1)
>>  -max the maximum length of a string to save (default=25)
>>  -num the number of strings to find in the input file and save for possible printing (default=0, 0 means ALL!)
>>  -version software version for bug reporting or to know if you have the latest software
>>  -help this help text
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>> when run:
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>>  The utility will read the input and store strings in random order.
>>  Report the number of strings read (less than or equal to the number in input file).
>>  Prompt you to enter the number of the read strings you want as output (0 means you want ALL!.
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>> e.x. myin.txt contains: "A short input file for demonstration. 123 <SK>  2+2=4"
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>> random.exe -in=myin.txt -min=4 -max=7
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>> Output after running:
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>> input 123 <SK> short file 2+2=4 for
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>> Note: 2 strings did not meet the size criteria so were dropped.
>> Note: It is up to your morse tutor or follow on tool to cull out or modify extraneous data.
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>> 73 Bill WA2NFN
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>> P.S. the 58000 word file was randomized in 0.2 seconds with random.exe. You may think of
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>>  other non-cw uses it. And each output string (word) is unique, even it its duplicated in the input.
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