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Re: KWIC (was Re: Word Indexing using a Master Doc and having non-sequential pagination)
Subject:Re: KWIC (was Re: Word Indexing using a Master Doc and having non-sequential pagination) From:Peter Neilson <neilson -at- alltel -dot- net> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:25:36 -0500
(The following example will not make much sense unless viewed in
a "monospace" typeface such as Courier.)
When I used KWIC the output looked like this:
a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve
PAST EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN,
ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND
EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST
A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED
LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A
LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A
THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG
PAST EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN,
ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND
AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE
LAST A LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A
SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM
RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND ADAM'S, FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG THE
FROM SWERVE A LAST A LOVED A LONG THE RIVERRUN, PAST EVE AND ADAM'S,
It was all caps, of course, (we're talking IBM punch cards here!) and
the text was wrapped so that the context showed on *both* sides of the
alphabetized key words. I do not remember whether articles,
prepositions, etc. were omitted.
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