[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I believe that the easiest way to calculate WPM is to count the individual > characters. Four non space characters make a word (my memory on this is > fuzzy). So, if you typed 100 characters in one minute you'd be at 25WPM. > > You can then calculate the accuracy of what they typed. > > Check around on google for WPM calculations. But I seem to recall that was > the basic way of doing it.
Yah, the basic calculation I'm okay with...i've done many google searches on this so far, and none deal with how specifically to handle errors. Again, if I treat both the text that was typed, and the text that the user was typing as arrays and loop over them, and the user misses a single word, everything after that will be wrong. that just seems to be a bit harsh...but...if that's the way calculations are normally performed, so be it. I just can't find anything online that addresses that. thx, charlie > -Novak > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "charlie griefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:31 PM > Subject: WOT: Typing Test...calculating WPM > > >> Hey all: >> >> just for grins, I want to put up an online typing test. >> >> I can figure out most of how to do it... but one thing's concerning me... >> >> If i basically take both strings (the text to type and what the user > typed), >> convert to an array using a space as a delimiter...loop over that and >> compare each word... >> >> well...what happens if the user skips the very first word? everything > after >> that will be 'incorrect'. Or if the user acciden tally puts a space in a >> word. >> >> Is this 'standard' when calculating WPM? Doesn't seem quite right to me. >> >> If anybody knows a better way to calculate WPM including errors...i'd >> appreciate any advice i could get. >> >> TIA :) >> charlie >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
