That is correct. The users are offered a "long" text and they have to rewrite this to a correct abbreviated text.
In the Army, we have about a million abbreviations (or acronyms?) which are used in every written text. Our officers have to able to read and write this without the possibility to look it up in a military dictionary. And, you can imagine they are not allowed to make mistakes, because that might result in shooting in the wrong direction, or worse. -----Original Message----- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Matt S. Sent: donderdag 22 juli 2010 15:50 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way In the end though, aren't you really checking each answer not against the abbreviation but against a correct answer, eg if the abbreviation is: "sec" and the correct answer is "second" and the user writes "section" as their answer, that would be incorrect. But if you compared "sec" to "section", you will still get a match on the letters for "sec/sec". So wouldnt you still need to tie the correct answer to the abbreviation, and compare the users response to that, in other words skip over the abbreviation and compare the answer to the correct word that's tied to the abbreviation? I'm probably completely misunderstanding what you're trying to do :) .m .m On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Cor <c...@chello.nl> wrote: > I can't publish the actual strings, because they contain military issues. > So I will have to create some fake strings. > > But mainly every full text (our max is 800 characters) can be used and every > abbreviation can be 'fake', like the this: > > Full: > These words are the text at its full length. I will write a second sentence > here! > > Short: > These wrds are txt at its f len. I will wr a sec sent here! > > One thing to know is that in military abbreviation, we do not use dots like > in normal writing. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Matt S. > Sent: donderdag 22 juli 2010 15:16 > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way > > Can you give us two actual String samples, of text A and text B, that > you're trying to compare? > > .m > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Cor <c...@chello.nl> wrote: >> Hi List, >> >> I am trying to find how to best compare 2 strings(word by word). >> I have 2 texts, one fully written and one abbreviated. >> The texts have exactly the same amount of words and they are in the same >> order. >> So in the text field one word is highlighted. >> The user has to fill in the abbreviation of the text(word by word). >> The user fills in his "translation" and ENTERS to confirm. >> And then the app has to compare the words. >> >> He can choose to practice from abbreviation to fully written words or vice >> versa. >> >> So what is the best way to do this, keeping in mind that special > characters >> (like .,:;! space) must not be judged. >> >> Any idea is welcome. >> >> TIA >> Cor >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. > Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com > Versie: 9.0.851 / Virusdatabase: 271.1.1/3020 - datum van uitgifte: 07/21/10 > 20:36:00 > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 9.0.851 / Virusdatabase: 271.1.1/3020 - datum van uitgifte: 07/21/10 20:36:00 _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
