virgins...@vfemail.net wrote: > > From: kevin_d_cl...@comcast.net (Kevin D. Clark) Date: 30 Apr 2009 > > 12:02:19 -0400 > >> I want to search a text file for a few (alphabetic) words which > >> must be "near" each other, but not necessarily on the same line. > >> "Near" could be defined however you like... within a certain > >> number of words from each other, a certain number of charecters > >> from each other, or some similar constraint.
I believe this is often called a "proximity search." I did write some code to do it three decades ago in Lisp. I don't recollect where I gleaned the algorithm though. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
